Dalibor Svrcina and Zhizhen Zhang will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zhizhen Zhang is the pick to win this match.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.79
Dalibor Svrcina -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Zhizhen Zhang

There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dalibor Svrcina

Ranked no. 99, Svrcina reached the 2^nd round after defeating Timofey Skatov 0-6 6-4 2-0 ret., Giulio Zeppieri 6-1 6-4 and Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Dalibor had a good straight sets win against Berrettini (6-3 6-3). During the match, Svrcina scored 66 points vs Berrettini’s 48. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svrcina scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dalibor broke Berrettini 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Svrcina has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (202-144). 23-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has an overall84-52 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Pune Challenger where he beat Brandon Holt in the final 7-6(3) 6-1 and the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Vitaliy Sachko in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Cancun Challenger where he beat Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-4 5-7 6-4.

Svrcina has an overall 42-24 win-loss record in 2025, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 192, the Chinese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round against Yunchaokete, Zhang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-4 7-6³). During the match Zhang scored 112 points vs Yunchaokete’s 109. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhang fired 15 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 67% of his first serves in, winning 82% (63/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Yunchaokete once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Zhizhen has a composed 4-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svrcina	Zhang
Match played	2	1
Tot Set	6	3
Tot Games	36	36
Pts	131-111	112-109
Total Points	242	221
Winners	55	63
%Winners	42%	56%

Svrcina played 2 matches while Zhang competed in 1 match. Svrcina started his run from the qualifications while Zhang had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dalibor Svrcina surrendered 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang conceded 1 set. Svrcina has played 3 sets more than Zhang (6 vs 3). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (36). Dalibor scored 55 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 63 winners (56%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svrcina	Zhang
Aces	2	15
Avg per match	1	15
1st in	78/113	77/115
%1st in	69%	67%
1st pts	55/78	63/77
%1st pts	71%	82%
2nd pts	20/35	19/38
%2nd pts	57%	50%

Svrcina scored 2 aces (1 per match). Zhang scored 15 aces . Svrcina won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 82% of the points behind 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	Svrcina	Zhang
Won	5	1
Converted	5/15	1/4
% Converted	33%	25%
Conceded	10	4
Saved	7	4
% Saved	70%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Dalibor broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Chinese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Svrcina
	Q1 Skatov	Q3 Zeppieri	R1 Berrettini	Total
Score	0-6 6-4 2-0 ret.	6-1 6-4	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	18	17	18	53
pts	65-63	–	66-48	131-111
Total points	128	0	114	242
Winners	26		29	55
%Winners	40%	0%	44%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1	2
Double Faults	3		2	5
1st in	41/62	/	37/51	78/113
% 1st in	66%	0%	73%	69%
1st pts	26/41	/	29/37	55/78
% 1st pts	63%	0%	78%	71%
2nd pts	11/21	/	9/14	20/35
% 2nd pts	52%	0%	64%	57%
Breaks
Won	2		3	5
Converted	2/9	/	3/6	5/15
Converted %	22%	0%	50%	33%
Conceded	9		1	10
Saved	6/9	0/	1/1	7
Saved %	67%	–	100%	56%
Times Broken	3		0	3

Zhang
	R1 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-72 6-4 7-63
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	112-109	112-109
Total points	221	221
Winners	63	63
%Winners	56%	56%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	77/115	77/115
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	63/77	63/77
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	19/38	19/38
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/4	1/4
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

• 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
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-2) – 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
• 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