Martin Damm and Michael Zheng will play each other in the final of the Columbus Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Damm who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Martin Damm is the pick to win this match.
Martin Damm -> 1.79
Michael Zheng -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Martin Damm vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Martin Damm and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Martin Damm

Ranked no. 277, Damm reached the final after beating Aidan Kim 6-2 6-4, Antoine Ghibaudo 6-3 6-4, James Kent Trotter 7-5 4-6 7-5 and Samir Banerjee 6-4 6-2.

In the semifinal, Damm had a good straight sets win against Banerjee (6-4 6-2). During the match, Damm scored 62 points vs Banerjee’s 51. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Damm bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Martin Damm lost the serve once. Furthermore, Damm put 51% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Banerjee 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Damm has lost 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Damm has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (178-124). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Damm has an overall36-27 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi,M15 Vaasa and M25 Elvas.

The American has an overall 42-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus Challenger

Damm has never competed in this tournament before.

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 312, the American got to the final after defeating Garrett Johns 6-0 6-4, Andre Ilagan 6-3 7-6(1), Alfredo Perez 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Daniel Masur 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-3 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 65 points vs Masur’s 45. Zheng was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Zheng bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Zheng was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michael broke Masur 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zheng has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

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

Michael has an overall 23-8 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Damm	Zheng
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	89	81
Pts	293-257	300-226
Total Points	550	526
Winners	125	111
%Winners	43%	37%

Both Damm and Zheng played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Martin Damm surrendered 1 set, while Michael Zheng conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Damm and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Damm played 8 games more than Zheng. Martin scored 125 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Zheng blasted 111 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Damm	Zheng
Aces	34	30
Avg per match	8.5	7.5
1st in	152/268	144/254
%1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	125/152	111/144
%1st pts	82%	77%
2nd pts	61/116	60/110
%2nd pts	53%	55%

Damm made 34 aces (8.5 per match). Zheng scored 30 aces (7.5 per match). Damm won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Damm	Zheng
Won	12	16
Converted	12/33	16/39
% Converted	36%	41%
Conceded	7	20
Saved	4	15
% Saved	57%	75%
Times Broken	3	5

The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. Martin lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Damm
	R1 Kim	R2 Ghibaudo	1/4 Kent	1/2 Banerjee	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-4	7-5 4-6 7-5	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	18	19	34	18	89
pts	65-53	68-55	98-98	62-51	293-257
Total points	118	123	196	113	550
Winners	32	25	43	25	125
%Winners	49%	37%	44%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	12	9	8	34
Double Faults	4	4	9	6	23
1st in	38/55	30/54	55/102	29/57	152/268
% 1st in	69%	56%	54%	51%	57%
1st pts	32/38	25/30	43/55	25/29	125/152
% 1st pts	84%	83%	78%	86%	82%
2nd pts	7/17	16/24	26/47	12/28	61/116
% 2nd pts	41%	67%	55%	43%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	4	12
Converted	3/9	2/7	3/8	4/9	12/33
Converted %	33%	29%	38%	44%	36%
Conceded	1	0	5	1	7
Saved	1/1	0/0	3/5	0/1	4
Saved %	100%	–	60%	0%	40%
Times Broken	0	0	2	1	3

Zheng
	R1 Johns	R2 Ilagan	1/4 Perez	1/2 Masur	Total
Score	6-0 6-4	6-3 7-61	6-2 3-6 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	16	22	26	17	81
pts	64-37	70-56	101-88	65-45	300-226
Total points	101	126	189	110	526
Winners	24	24	34	29	111
%Winners	38%	34%	34%	45%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	10	4	9	30
Double Faults	4	3	4	2	13
1st in	26/44	30/59	52/94	36/57	144/254
% 1st in	59%	51%	55%	63%	57%
1st pts	24/26	24/30	34/52	29/36	111/144
% 1st pts	92%	80%	65%	81%	77%
2nd pts	11/18	13/29	24/42	12/21	60/110
% 2nd pts	61%	45%	57%	57%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	3	16
Converted	4/9	5/8	4/14	3/8	16/39
Converted %	44%	63%	29%	38%	41%
Conceded	2	3	13	2	20
Saved	2/2	0/3	11/13	2/2	15
Saved %	100%	0%	85%	100%	71%
Times Broken	0	3	2	0	5

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