Learner Tien and Giulio Zeppieri will face off in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.52
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Giulio Zeppieri

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 54, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mariano Navone 5-7 6-3 6-4

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In the 1^st round against Navone, Learner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Tien scored 98 points vs Navone’s 88. The American was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tien struck 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Learner Tien lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 62% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the 2nd serve. Tien broke Navone 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Tien has a fantastic match record in the last 4 years having won 70% of his matches (130-56). 18-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tien has a compiled99-33 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

Tien has an aggregate 25-21 win-loss record in 2025, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Learner has never competed in this tournament before.

Giulio Zeppieri

Ranked no. 169, the Italian reached the 2^nd round after beating Liam Draxl 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3, Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-4 and Fajing Sun 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Giulio had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-3 6-2). During the match Zeppieri scored 70 points vs Sun’s 46. Giulio was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Zeppieri made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Giulio Zeppieri was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Sun 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Shanghai Challenger where he defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in the final 7-6(2) 7-5.

Giulio has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Zeppieri
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	31	63
Pts	98-88	224-153
Total Points	186	377
Winners	41	85
%Winners	42%	38%

Tien played 1 match while Zeppieri competed in 3 matches. Zeppieri started his run from the qualifications while Tien had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Learner Tien surrendered 1 set, while Giulio Zeppieri lost 1 set. Tien has played 4 set(s) less than Zeppieri (3 vs 7). Therefore, Tien played 32 games less than Zeppieri. Tien scored 41 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Giulio scored 85 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Zeppieri
Aces	4	36
Avg per match	4	12
1st in	63/102	100/175
%1st in	62%	57%
1st pts	41/63	85/100
%1st pts	65%	85%
2nd pts	23/39	51/75
%2nd pts	59%	68%

Tien struck 4 aces . Zeppieri blasted 36 aces (12 per match). Tien won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Zeppieri
Won	5	10
Converted	5/7	10/21
% Converted	71%	48%
Conceded	13	5
Saved	9	5
% Saved	69%	100%
Times Broken	4	0

The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Tien surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Giulio broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Giulio was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Tien
	R1 Navone	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	98-88	98-88
Total points	186	186
Winners	41	41
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	63/102	63/102
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	41/63	41/63
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	23/39	23/39
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9/13	9
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

Zeppieri
	Q1 Draxl	Q3 Svrcina	R1 Sun	Total
Score	6-75 6-1 6-3	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	17	17	63
pts	91-62	63-45	70-46	224-153
Total points	153	108	116	377
Winners	35	23	27	85
%Winners	38%	37%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	21	5	10	36
Double Faults	2	0	5	7
1st in	38/67	28/49	34/59	100/175
% 1st in	57%	57%	58%	57%
1st pts	35/38	23/28	27/34	85/100
% 1st pts	92%	82%	79%	85%
2nd pts	22/29	14/21	15/25	51/75
% 2nd pts	76%	67%	60%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	10
Converted	4/9	3/6	3/6	10/21
Converted %	44%	50%	50%	48%
Conceded	0	0	5	5
Saved	0/0	0/0	5/5	5
Saved %	–	–	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (4-6 7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Fernando Romboli/John-Patrick SmithRomboli/John-Patrick Smith – Rinky Hijikata/Adam WaltonHijikata/Adam Walton (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-7² 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Marin CilicCilic (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Mariano NavoneNavone (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction