Frances Tiafoe vs Zhizhen Zhang — Shanghai Masters Qualifying Round 1

Shanghai Masters · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Frances Tiafoe
USA
Frances Tiafoe
#17ATP
1918ELO
1861Hard ELO
$1.9MYTD
$18MCAREER
28 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2017
hard
Zhizhen Zhang
CHN
Zhizhen Zhang
#156ATP
1682ELO
1642Hard ELO
$546kYTD
$4.6MCAREER
29 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWWWLW
Tiafoe F.
6-4 6-4
Zhang Z.
Tiafoe F.
662
Zhang Z.
44–

Frances Tiafoe defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Frances Tiafoe came in ranked #17, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Frances Tiafoe extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Frances Tiafoe edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-10-09Shanghai MastersQ1hardFrances Tiafoe6-4 6-4
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Serve vs return

This season
Tiafoe F.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Zhang Z.

Zhang Z.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Tiafoe F.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Tiafoe F.Zhang Z.
38
Serve
24
37
Return
0

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Tiafoe F.Zhang Z.
1st serve in·Even
59%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
52%
Service points won·Even
66%
65%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
8.0
6.9
Double faults / match·Even
2.3
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Tiafoe F.Zhang Z.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
83
56
Break points saved·Slight edge
99
94
Break points won·Dominant
57
14
Deciding sets·Even
92
91
Tiebreaks·Dominant
98
39

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Tiafoe F.Zhang Z.
Freshness·Even
82
86

Tiafoe F.: 10 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Zhang Z.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 21 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Basilashvili N.
Pospisil V.
7-672-66-3
Chardy J.
Albot R.
6-17-66
Tsitsipas S.
Lu Y.
5-77-626-4
Lajovic D.
Young D.
6-36-2
Thompson J.
Laaksonen H.
6-26-3
Tiafoe F.
Mayer L.
4-66-46-4
Dolgopolov A.
Jaziri M.
7-647-5
Q1
Pospisil V.
Fritz T.
6-37-65
Albot R.
Mayer F.
6-17-64
Tiafoe F.
Zhang Z.
6-46-4
Chardy J.
Monteiro T.
6-7116-36-4
Laaksonen H.
Coric B.
7-686-4
Jaziri M.
Youzhny M.
6-26-4
Thompson J.
Bai Y.
6-36-1
Young D.
Polansky P.
6-16-4
Dolgopolov A.
Jarry N.
7-616-3
Tsitsipas S.
Gojowczyk P.
6-37-64
Lajovic D.
Daniel T.
6-16-756-2
Basilashvili N.
Sun F.
6-37-63
Lu Y.
Te R.
7-56-3
Mayer L.
Stakhovsky S.
7-623-67-65