Who Will Win: Cobolli Vs Zhizhen? Prediction For ATP Hamburg Open 2024

What Time Will Flavio Cobolli Play Against Zhang Zhizhen?

Cobolli and Zhizhen are on the Day 4 Schedule at Hamburg Open 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Flavio Cobolli from Italy will be facing Zhang Zhizhen from China for the first time at the tour level. They have previously met twice in other tournaments. In the first meeting at Biella in Italy on clay, Zhang Zhizhen won with a score of 4-6 6-4 6-2. In the second meeting at Florence in Italy on hard court, Flavio Cobolli emerged as the winner with a score of 6-4 6-3.

Flavio Cobolli, 22 years old, currently ranks at world no. 48, which is his career-high ranking. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 20-17, including reaching the semi-finals in Geneva and reaching the second round in Hamburg. Cobolli broke into the top 200 in January 2022 and then reached the top 100 in October 2023. In July 2024, he achieved his career-high ranking soon after his biggest win against no. 15-ranked Shelton that led him to reach his first ATP Tour semi-final in Geneva. He also had notable achievements such as winning his first top 20 match against no. 18-ranked Jarry at the 2024 Australian Open and reaching the ATP Tour quarter-finals at Munich, Montpellier, and Delray Beach in 2023 and 2024. Cobolli saved three match points against Giron to win his ATP Tour main draw debut in 2021 as a wildcard ranked 429th. He has also won challenger titles at Zadar in 2022 and Lisbon in 2023 and reached the finals at Rome-2 in 2021, Barletta in 2021, and Olbia in 2023. As a junior, Cobolli peaked at no. 8 and concluded his junior career by winning the boys’ doubles title at the 2020 Roland Garros alongside Stricker.

Cobolli is aiming to reach his sixth ATP Tour quarter-final, which would be his first above the ATP 250 level and fifth of the season.

If he achieves this, he will join Darderi in the quarter-finals, marking the first time multiple Italians have reached the Hamburg quarter-finals since 2015 with Bolelli, Fognini, and Seppi.

Zhang Zhizhen, 27 years old, currently ranks at world no. 34, with his career-high ranking being no. 33 achieved in June 2024. He became the first Chinese player in PIF ATP Rankings history to break into the top 100 in October 2022 and then the top 50 in January 2024. Zhang had notable achievements, including reaching the ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finals at Madrid in 2023 and Rome in 2024, where he won three consecutive matches in deciding set tie-breaks. In the 2023 season, he reached his first ATP Tour semi-final in Hamburg and became the first Chinese man to defeat a top 5 opponent by beating no. 5-ranked Ruud en route to the 2023 US Open third round. Zhang also qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon and the 2022 US Open, becoming the first Chinese man to compete in the main draw of both events in the Open Era. Recently, he reached the semi-finals at Halle in 2024, achieving the biggest win of his career by defeating no. 5-ranked Medvedev in the second round and becoming the first Chinese man to reach a tour-level semi-final on grass in the Open Era.

Zhang is aiming for the 50th tour-level win of his career, as his current record stands at 49-49. He also looks to achieve a record of 20 wins in a season for the first time, becoming the first Chinese man in the Open Era to reach both milestones. Additionally, he is seeking his ninth ATP Tour quarter-final, of which he has won two out of six so far, with three of them occurring in 2024.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cobolli will win.
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