Michael Vrbensky and Michael Zhu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Vrbensky who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Michael Vrbensky is the pick to win this match.
Michael Vrbensky -> 1.154
Michael Zhu -> 4.55

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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Michael Zhu

There is no head to head record between Michael Vrbensky and Michael Zhu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Michael Vrbensky

Ranked no. 710, Michael got to the qualifications after defeating Chun-Chien Hou 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Hou (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Vrbensky scored 92 points vs Hou’s 80. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vrbensky blasted 3 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 56% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Vrbensky broke Hou twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

Vrbensky has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (307-209). 2-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vrbensky has a compiled39-34 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Opatija.

The Czech has an aggregate 22-28 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Vrbensky has never competed in this tournament before.

Michael Zhu

Ranked no. 873, Zhu got to the qualifications after beating Julien De Cuyper 6-3 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against De Cuyper (6-3 7-6²). During the match Zhu scored 75 points vs De Cuyper’s 65. Zhu was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhu bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Zhu lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhu put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke De Cuyper 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Michael has an aggregate 24-31 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vrbensky	Zhu
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	22
Pts	92-80	75-65
Total Points	172	140
Winners	37	31
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Vrbensky and Zhu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vrbensky and Zhu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vrbensky played 1 game more than Zhu. The Czech scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 31 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vrbensky	Zhu
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	45/80	45/81
%1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	37/45	31/45
%1st pts	82%	69%
2nd pts	17/35	20/36
%2nd pts	49%	56%

Vrbensky recorded 3 aces . Zhu managed to score 4 aces . Vrbensky won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vrbensky	Zhu
Won	2	4
Converted	2/12	4/6
% Converted	17%	67%
Conceded	10	6
Saved	9	4
% Saved	90%	67%
Times Broken	1	2

The Czech broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Michael dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Vrbensky
	Q1 Hou	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	92-80	92-80
Total points	172	172
Winners	37	37
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	10	10
1st in	45/80	45/80
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	37/45	37/45
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	17/35	17/35
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/12	2/12
Converted %	17%	17%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	9/10	9
Saved %	90%	90%
Times Broken	1	1

Zhu
	Q1 De	Total
Score	6-3 7-62
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	75-65	75-65
Total points	140	140
Winners	31	31
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	45/81	45/81
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	31/45	31/45
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	20/36	20/36
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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