Tyler Zink and Samir Banerjee will square off in the quarter of the Tiburon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samir Banerjee who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Samir Banerjee is the pick to win this match.
Samir Banerjee -> 1.31
Tyler Zink -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Tyler Zink vs. Samir Banerjee

This will be the 2^nd time that Tyler Zink and Samir Banerjee face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Banerjee (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Banerjee won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in the Columbus Challenger back in September 2025.

Tyler Zink

Ranked no. 347, Zink reached the quarter after beating Micah Braswell 6-1 6-4 and Johannus Monday 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Tyler had a good straight sets win against Monday (6-4 6-3). During the match, Zink scored 59 points vs Monday’s 50. Tyler was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zink fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tyler Zink lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zink put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Zink broke Monday 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tyler hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Zink has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (97-77). 10-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zink has a compiled47-44 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Tyler’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.

Zink has an aggregate 33-25 win-loss record in 2025, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Tyler has never competed in this tournament before.

Samir Banerjee

Ranked no. 419, the American reached the quarter after defeating Philip Sekulic 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Benjamin Hassan 6-1 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Samir had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-1 7-5). During the match Banerjee scored 73 points vs Hassan’s 50. Banerjee was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Banerjee wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Samir Banerjee lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Banerjee put 49% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Samir broke Hassan 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Samir has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Banerjee’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Dallas and M25 Trelew.

The American has a composed 23-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zink	Banerjee
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	36	48
Pts	122-92	167-131
Total Points	214	298
Winners	52	54
%Winners	43%	32%

Both Zink and Banerjee played 2 matches. At the moment, Samir Banerjee surrendered 1 set while Tyler Zink hasn’t lost a set so far. Zink has played 1 set(s) less than Banerjee (4 vs 5). Therefore, Zink played 12 games less than Banerjee. The American scored 52 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Banerjee made 54 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zink	Banerjee
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	4.5	3
1st in	67/119	81/159
%1st in	56%	51%
1st pts	52/67	54/81
%1st pts	78%	67%
2nd pts	29/52	40/78
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Zink bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Banerjee recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Zink won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Banerjee won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zink	Banerjee
Won	6	13
Converted	6/10	13/21
% Converted	60%	62%
Conceded	8	20
Saved	7	12
% Saved	88%	60%
Times Broken	1	8

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Tyler conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Samir broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Samir conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Zink
	R1 Braswell	R2 Monday	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	19	36
pts	63-42	59-50	122-92
Total points	105	109	214
Winners	29	23	52
%Winners	46%	39%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	9
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	34/60	33/59	67/119
% 1st in	57%	56%	56%
1st pts	29/34	23/33	52/67
% 1st pts	85%	70%	78%
2nd pts	13/26	16/26	29/52
% 2nd pts	50%	62%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/4	3/6	6/10
Converted %	75%	50%	60%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	5/5	2/3	7
Saved %	100%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Banerjee
	R1 Sekulic	R2 Hassan	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	29	19	48
pts	94-81	73-50	167-131
Total points	175	123	298
Winners	30	24	54
%Winners	32%	33%	32%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	6
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	47/89	34/70	81/159
% 1st in	53%	49%	51%
1st pts	30/47	24/34	54/81
% 1st pts	64%	71%	67%
2nd pts	22/42	18/36	40/78
% 2nd pts	52%	50%	51%
Breaks
Won	7	6	13
Converted	7/12	6/9	13/21
Converted %	58%	67%	62%
Conceded	9	11	20
Saved	4/9	8/11	12
Saved %	44%	73%	59%
Times Broken	5	3	8

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