Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Sonego will square off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.152
Lorenzo Sonego -> 5.4

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Lorenzo Sonego

This will be the 6th time that Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Sonego fight against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Halle back in June 2025.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Lorenzo Sonego – Halle 19-June-2025

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev

45 - 19win/loss

Hard
21-7
I Hard
0-2
Clay
18-7
Grass
6-3
Rank
3
High
2
WLLWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 56-25 24-9 18-7 8-6 6-3 0-0
2024 69-21 29-10 23-6 11-3 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 3, Zverev will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Fritz in the round robin on the 21st of September.

Alexander has an overall 45-19 win-loss record in 2025, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the current season was winning the title in Munich where he defeated Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The German has an overall 575-264 record. He has a positive 223-104 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017, 2019 and 2023. See his history.

Beijing
Zverev's Record

Lorenzo Sonego

Lorenzo Sonego

18 - 23win/loss

Hard
11-12
I Hard
1-2
Clay
1-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
39
High
21
LWWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 11-14 1-5 8-6 5-4 0-0
2024 27-33 10-14 10-11 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 30-31 10-12 9-7 9-8 2-4 0-0
2022 30-29 7-9 8-11 10-5 5-4 0-0
2021 30-24 9-11 9-4 6-6 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Lorenzo will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-4 6-4

to Giron in the 2nd round on the 19th of September.

The Italian has a composed 18-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Lorenzo has an overall 380-303 record. He has a negative 85-90 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Beijing
Sonego's Record

Tennis Scores in Beijing

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