Challenger Guangzhou NanshaChallenger 75Qualifying round 2hardbest of three setsqualifying

Purcell vs Zhu 2:0: result and our tips

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Max PurcellATP #636Elo 1803hard 1769
2:0final6:4 6:4
Evan ZhuATP #462Elo 1617hard 1616

Our tips

Tips and chances as published: . A published tip never changes.

Our tip
Match Winner: PurcellWon79%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market (bookmakers 79%); the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Purcell won 7 of the last 10 matches

Long shot
Total Games: Under 20.5Won47%

Where the number comes from: market alone 49% → with the players' profiles 47%

Under 20.5 games in recent matches: Purcell 8 of 12, Zhu 11 of 20 (tour average 46%)

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Max Purcell79%
Evan Zhu21%

Elo: M. Purcell 71% · E. Zhu 29%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 M. Purcell58%
2:1 M. Purcell22%
2:1 E. Zhu9%
2:0 E. Zhu11%

First set

Max Purcell73%
Evan Zhu27%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes31%
no69%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 22.5 · 60%market (no margin): 50%

The 22.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 22.5

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
17.580%20%79%
18.571%29%71%
19.562%38%62%
20.553%47%54%
21.546%54%49%
22.540%60%42%
23.534%66%37%

Sample: 3,072 matches

Games handicap

Max Purcell −4.550%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes32%

tour average 32%

Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorehit 2:0
  • Total games Under 22.5in · 20 games
  • Games handicapnot covered

Match stats

Max PurcellEvan Zhu
7Aces2
0Double faults2
76%First serves in64%
89%First-serve points won68%
58%Second-serve points won62%
2/5Break points converted0/0
10/10Service games held8/10
82%Service points won66%
34%Return points won18%
60Total points won48

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

M. PurcellTourE. Zhu
Service points won65%62%63%
Return points won38%38%39%
Service games held82%76%78%
Breaks of serve27%24%27%
Aces per service game0.680.31
Double faults per game0.200.26
Sets with a tie-break7%16%
Tie-breaks won0/28/17
Wins in straight sets88%58%
Matches in the sample1244

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Max Purcell

  • 18/10/26WYuta Shimizu#376Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · Q16:3 6:1
  • 06/10/26LFilip Peliwo#641Challenger Wuning 3 · R326:7 1:6
  • 04/10/26WJulien de CuyperChallenger Wuning 3 · Q16:4 6:4
  • 12/09/26LIlia Simakin#143Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · SF3:6 6:2 2:6
  • 11/09/26WCruz Hewitt#324Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · QF7:5 6:3
  • 09/09/26WBlake Ellis#445Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · R166:4 6:4
  • 08/09/26WRodrigo Pacheco Mendez#263Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · R326:3 6:4
  • 27/08/26LAndres Andrade#224Challenger Kingston 2 · QF3:6 3:6
  • 26/08/26WGarrett Johns#458Challenger Kingston 2 · R166:2 6:2
  • 24/08/26WIgor Marcondes#266Challenger Kingston 2 · R326:4 6:2

Evan Zhu

  • 18/10/26WYaojie Zeng#967Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · Q16:1 1:6 6:3
  • 08/10/26LAlibek Kachmazov#361Challenger Wuning 3 · R166:7 6:7
  • 06/10/26WKoki Matsuda#475Challenger Wuning 3 · R326:3 6:3
  • 01/10/26LAlex Bolt#174Challenger Jingshan · R167:6 4:6 2:6
  • 30/09/26WHanyi Liu#822Challenger Jingshan · R326:3 6:4
  • 29/09/26WAleksandar Vukic#116Challenger Jingshan · Q26:3 4:2
  • 28/09/26WZhiheng XiaChallenger Jingshan · Q16:1 6:0
  • 22/09/26LHenry Searle#220Challenger San Diego 2 · R323:6 7:6 3:6
  • 21/09/26WAlafia Ayeni#434Challenger San Diego 2 · Q26:2 6:4
  • 20/09/26WAleksi LofmanChallenger San Diego 2 · Q16:1 7:5

Elo over the last year

Max PurcellEvan Zhu

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

M. PurcellE. Zhu
Hard court8–467%26–1760%
Clay0–00–10%

Head to head

They have not met yet.

Road through the tournament

Max Purcell

Evan Zhu