Patrick Zahraj and Mae Malige will square off in the qualifications of the Orleans Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on ST CYR EN VAL NO.2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Patrick Zahraj who should win in 3 sets.
Patrick Zahraj -> 1.69
Mae Malige -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Mae Malige
This will be the 2nd time that Patrick Zahraj and Mae Malige face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zahraj (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Zahraj won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in March 2025.
Patrick Zahraj
35 - 30win/loss
267
240
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-36 | 0-1 | 9-15 | 24-16 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 9-5 | 17-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 28-16 | 4-3 | 15-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244 (career-high), Patrick reached the qualifications after beating Loann Massard 7-6(2) 7-5.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Massard (7-62 7-5). During the match, Zahraj scored 86 points vs Massard’s 77. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zahraj struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Patrick Zahraj was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Patrick broke Massard twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Zahraj has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (143-108). 21-9 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zahraj has a composed45-23 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Pau Challenger and M25 Sion.
Patrick has a compiled 35-29 win-loss record in 2025, 21-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.
Mae Malige
31 - 28win/loss
432
418
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-34 | 11-11 | 5-9 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-19 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 19-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 7-14 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 500, the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player defeated Vatutin (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match Malige scored 89 points vs Vatutin’s 84. Malige was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Malige made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mae Malige lost the serve 7 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Malige put 55% of his first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Malige broke Vatutin 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Malige’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Bressuire and Balma.
Mae has a compiled 30-28 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zahraj | Malige |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 |
| Pts | 86-77 | 89-84 |
| Total Points | 163 | 173 |
| Winners | 32 | 30 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Zahraj and Malige played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mae Malige surrendered 1 set while Patrick Zahraj hasn’t lost a set so far. Zahraj has played 1 set(s) less than Malige (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zahraj played 3 games less than Malige. Zahraj scored 32 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mae made 30 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zahraj | Malige |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 48/87 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 30/48 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 15/39 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 38% |
Zahraj fired 8 aces . Malige struck 4 aces . Zahraj won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Malige won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zahraj | Malige |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/11 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 18% | 70% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 46% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Zahraj broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Malige broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zahraj | |||
| Q1 Massard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-77 | 86-77 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Malige | |||
| Q1 Vatutin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 89-84 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/87 | 48/87 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/13 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 46% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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