Michael Zheng and Alfredo Perez will clash against each other in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Zheng who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Zheng is the pick to win this match.
Michael Zheng -> 1.33
Alfredo Perez -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Michael Zheng vs. Alfredo Perez

There is no head to head record between Michael Zheng and Alfredo Perez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 312, Zheng got to the quarter after beating Garrett Johns 6-0 6-4 and Andre Ilagan 6-3 7-6(1).

In the 2^nd round, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Ilagan (6-3 7-6¹). During the match, Zheng scored 70 points vs Ilagan’s 56. Zheng was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zheng bagged 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Zheng lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Zheng put 51% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Zheng broke Ilagan 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zheng hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Zheng has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (61-36). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zheng has an aggregate7-4 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he defeated Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-2.

Michael has an aggregate 21-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Zheng has never competed in this tournament before.

Alfredo Perez

Ranked no. 349 (career-high), the American got to the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 4-0 ret. and Justin Boulais 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Perez had a good straight sets win against Boulais (6-3 6-3). During the match Perez scored 57 points vs Boulais’s 44. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Perez struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alfredo Perez conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 67% of his first serves in, win 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Perez broke Boulais 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Perez’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Huamantla.

Alfredo has an overall 42-20 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zheng	Perez
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	22
Pts	134-93	82-56
Total Points	227	138
Winners	48	34
%Winners	36%	41%

Both Zheng and Perez played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zheng and Perez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zheng played 16 games more than Perez. The American scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Perez bagged 34 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zheng	Perez
Aces	17	8
Avg per match	8.5	4
1st in	56/103	40/66
%1st in	54%	61%
1st pts	48/56	34/40
%1st pts	86%	85%
2nd pts	24/47	13/26
%2nd pts	51%	50%

Zheng blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Perez blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Zheng won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Perez won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zheng	Perez
Won	9	5
Converted	9/17	5/10
% Converted	53%	50%
Conceded	5	3
Saved	2	3
% Saved	40%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Zheng broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Michael surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Perez was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Zheng
	R1 Johns	R2 Ilagan	Total
Score	6-0 6-4	6-3 7-61
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	22	38
pts	64-37	70-56	134-93
Total points	101	126	227
Winners	24	24	48
%Winners	38%	34%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	10	17
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	26/44	30/59	56/103
% 1st in	59%	51%	54%
1st pts	24/26	24/30	48/56
% 1st pts	92%	80%	86%
2nd pts	11/18	13/29	24/47
% 2nd pts	61%	45%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/9	5/8	9/17
Converted %	44%	63%	53%
Conceded	2	3	5
Saved	2/2	0/3	2
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Perez
	R1 Pablo Ficovich	R2 Boulais	Total
Score	4-0 ret.	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	1	2	3
Tot Games	4	18	22
pts	25-12	57-44	82-56
Total points	37	101	138
Winners	5	29	34
%Winners	20%	51%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	7	8
Double Faults	0	3	3
1st in	5/14	35/52	40/66
% 1st in	36%	67%	61%
1st pts	5/5	29/35	34/40
% 1st pts	100%	83%	85%
2nd pts	5/9	8/17	13/26
% 2nd pts	56%	47%	50%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/3	3/7	5/10
Converted %	67%	43%	50%
Conceded	3	0	3
Saved	3/3	0/0	3
Saved %	100%	–	50%
Times Broken	0	0	0

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