Zhizhen Zhang and Bu Yunchaokete will play each other in the semifinal of the Hangzhou Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.9
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Zhizhen Zhang vs. Bu Yunchaokete

There is no head to head record between Zhizhen Zhang and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 48, Zhizhen got to the semifinal after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 1-6 6-4, Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-0 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter, Zhang had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-3 6-3). During the match, Zhang scored 58 points vs Carballes Baena’s 40. Zhizhen was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zhang managed to score 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Zhizhen Zhang was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhang broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Zhang has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (258-208). 8-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhang has a compiled 125-108 match record in the last years on hard.

Zhang’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Halle.

The Chinese has a compiled 23-22 win-loss record in 2024, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Zhang has never competed in this tournament before.

Bu Yunchaokete

Ranked no. 124, Bu got to the semifinal after defeating Hugo Gaston 7-5 6-3, Karen Khachanov 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Yunchaokete had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-4 6-2). During the match Yunchaokete scored 60 points vs Kukushkin’s 42. Bu was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Yunchaokete scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bu broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he defeated Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Granby Challenger where he beat Terence Atmane in the final 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.

Yunchaokete has a composed 43-19 win-loss record in 2024, 37-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points
Zhang
Yunchaokete

Match played
3
3

Tot Set
7
7

Tot Games
58
71

Pts
215-169
226-185

Total Points
384
411

Winners
86
101

%Winners
40%
45%

Both Zhang and Yunchaokete played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zhizhen Zhang surrendered 1 set, while Bu Yunchaokete conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhang and Yunchaokete have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Zhang played 13 games less than Yunchaokete. Zhang scored 86 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese managed to score 101 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve
Zhang
Yunchaokete

Aces
20
30

Avg per match
6.7
10

1st in
122/173
125/203

%1st in
71%
62%

1st pts
86/122
101/125

%1st pts
70%
81%

2nd pts
33/51
44/78

%2nd pts
65%
56%

Zhang made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Yunchaokete fired 30 aces (10 per match). Zhang won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 81% of the points on 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
Zhang
Yunchaokete

Won
10
10

Converted
10/31
10/20

% Converted
32%
50%

Conceded
5
11

Saved
2
6

% Saved
40%
55%

Times Broken
3
5

Zhizhen broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. Zhang dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhang

R1
Yevseyev
R2
Bellucci
1/4
Carballes Baena
Total

Score
6-2 1-6 6-4
6-3 6-0
6-3 6-3

Tot Set
3
2
2
7

Tot Games
25
15
18
58

pts
90-87
67-42
58-40
215-169

Total points
177
109
98
384

Winners
33
26
27
86

%Winners
37%
39%
47%
40%

SERVE

Aces
7
6
7
20

Double Faults
1
0
0
1

1st in
55/84
32/41
35/48
122/173

% 1st in
65%
78%
73%
71%

1st pts
33/55
26/32
27/35
86/122

% 1st pts
60%
81%
77%
70%

2nd pts
17/29
6/9
10/13
33/51

% 2nd pts
59%
67%
77%
65%

Breaks

Won
3
4
3
10

Converted
3/14
4/11
3/6
10/31

Converted %
21%
36%
50%
32%

Conceded
5
0
0
5

Saved
2/5
0/0
0/0
2

Saved %
40%
–
–
13%

Times Broken
3
0
0
3

Yunchaokete

R1
Gaston
R2
Khachanov
1/4
Kukushkin
Total

Score
7-5 6-3
7-67 4-6 6-3
6-4 6-2

Tot Set
2
3
2
7

Tot Games
21
32
18
71

pts
72-54
94-89
60-42
226-185

Total points
126
183
102
411

Winners
31
47
23
101

%Winners
43%
50%
38%
45%

SERVE

Aces
9
13
8
30

Double Faults
1
2
1
4

1st in
38/60
58/91
29/52
125/203

% 1st in
63%
64%
56%
62%

1st pts
31/38
47/58
23/29
101/125

% 1st pts
82%
81%
79%
81%

2nd pts
14/22
17/33
13/23
44/78

% 2nd pts
64%
52%
57%
56%

Breaks

Won
3
3
4
10

Converted
3/8
3/5
4/7
10/20

Converted %
38%
60%
57%
50%

Conceded
3
4
4
11

Saved
2/3
1/4
3/4
6

Saved %
67%
25%
75%
56%

Times Broken
1
3
1
5

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-74 7-65) – See score progression
Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Marin CilicCilic – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

Marin CilicCilic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction