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Challenger SeoulChallenger 175Round of 16hardbest of three sets

Zhang vs Sakamoto 0:2: result and our tips

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Zhizhen ZhangATP #166Elo 1755hard 1712
0:2final0:6 4:6
Rei SakamotoATP #125Elo 1896hard 1879

Our tips

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

Our tip
Total Games: Over 20.5Lost65%

Where the number comes from: market alone 58% → with the players' profiles 65%

Over 20.5 games in recent matches: Zhang 15 of 20, Sakamoto 13 of 20 (tour average 54%)

Other tips

  • Match Winner: SakamotoWon66%

    Where the number comes from: chance from the market (bookmakers 66%); the pick and the reasoning come from our data

    Sakamoto won 7 of the last 10 matches; Zhang lost 7 of the last 10 matches

Long shot
Total Games: Over 26.5Lost34%

Where the number comes from: market alone 30% → with the players' profiles 34%

Over 26.5 games in recent matches: Zhang 8 of 20, Sakamoto 7 of 20 (tour average 27%)

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

Zhizhen Zhang34%
Rei Sakamoto66%

Elo: Z. Zhang 28% · R. Sakamoto 72%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 Z. Zhang20%
2:1 Z. Zhang15%
2:1 R. Sakamoto22%
2:0 R. Sakamoto43%

First set

Zhizhen Zhang39%
Rei Sakamoto61%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes37%
no63%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineOver 22.5 · 53%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: 24.1

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
19.574%26%62%
20.565%35%54%
21.558%42%49%
22.553%47%42%
23.546%54%37%
24.540%60%35%
25.538%62%32%

Sample: 5,481 matches

Games handicap

R. Sakamoto −3.547%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes46%

tour average 32%

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorehit 0:2
  • Total games Over 22.5out · 16 games
  • Games handicapcovered
  • Tie-breakno tie-break

Match stats

Zhizhen ZhangRei Sakamoto
6Aces6
3Double faults0
60%First serves in60%
75%First-serve points won88%
25%Second-serve points won71%
0/1Break points converted4/8
4/8Service games held8/8
55%Service points won81%
19%Return points won45%
30Total points won52

Serve profile (12 months)

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

Z. ZhangTourR. Sakamoto
Service points won65%62%66%
Return points won34%38%37%
Service games held81%76%85%
Breaks of serve17%24%21%
Aces per service game0.710.68
Double faults per game0.170.19
Sets with a tie-break28%23%
Tie-breaks won13/3019/42
Wins in straight sets67%63%
Matches in the sample4574

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Zhizhen Zhang

Rei Sakamoto

Elo over the last year

Zhizhen ZhangRei Sakamoto

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

Z. ZhangR. Sakamoto
Hard court9–1341%37–1867%
Clay3–730%9–660%
Grass9–469%2–250%

Head to head

Z. Zhang 1–0 R. Sakamoto

  • 14/02/26Winner: Z. Zhang6:1 6:4

Road through the tournament

Zhizhen Zhang

Rei Sakamoto