Prediction Of Fokina Vs Zhizhen H2H, Who Will Win At ATP China Open 2024?

What Time Will Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Play Against Zhang Zhizhen?

Fokina and Zhizhen are on the Day 2 Schedule at China Open 2024 on Friday 27 September 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?

First Meeting between Alejandro Davidovich Fokina from Spain and Zhang Zhizhen from China.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is currently 25 years old and ranked as the World No. 64. His career-high ranking was No. 21 in August 2023. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 15-18, including reaching 3 quarterfinals. In the 2023 Beijing tournament, he reached the second round with a win-loss record of 1-1.

Notable achievements include breaking Djokovic 9 times in a match at the 2022 ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo, setting a record for the most breaks against Djokovic in a best-of-3-set match. He went on to reach his first ATP Tour final of his career. He also reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2021 Roland Garros and his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2021 Monte Carlo. He ended his junior career as the World No. 2 after winning the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2017.

Off the court, Davidovich Fokina is an animal lover and owns 2 cats. In 2021, he launched Adoptas.org, a pet adoption platform in Spain that connects people looking to adopt or foster pets with shelters and rescues.

In the current season, Davidovich Fokina has a record of 2-13 against top 50 players. His wins include victories over No. 9 Hurkacz at the United Cup Round Robin and No. 5 Medvedev at the ATP Masters 1000 Montreal in the second round. Most of his wins this season have come on hard courts.

Zhang Zhizhen, on the other hand, is 27 years old and ranked as the World No. 41. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 31 in July 2024. Zhang made history as the first Chinese player to break into the top 100 in the PIF ATP Rankings in October 2022 and the top 50 in January 2024.

Some of his notable achievements include reaching his first ATP Tour final at the 2024 Hangzhou tournament. He also won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics with Wang Xinyu. Zhang became the first Chinese player to reach the ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2023 Madrid tournament, where he won three consecutive matches in deciding set tie-breaks. He also reached his second ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on clay at the 2024 Rome tournament.

In the 2023 season, Zhang reached his first ATP Tour semifinal in Hamburg and became the first Chinese man to defeat a top 5 opponent by beating No. 5 Ruud en route to the third round of the 2023 US Open. He also qualified for the main draw at the 2021 Wimbledon and the 2022 US Open, becoming the first Chinese man to compete in both events in the Open Era as a qualifier. In 2024, Zhang equaled his biggest win by defeating No. 5 Medvedev in the second round of the Halle tournament, reaching his second ATP Tour semifinal and becoming the first Chinese man to reach a tour-level semifinal on grass in the Open Era.

Zhang’s notable achievement in Beijing was defeating No. 34 Edmund in the first round in 2019, which marked his first win at the event. He aims to join Zhang Ze as the only Chinese men with multiple wins at the tournament. If Zhang advances to the second round to face the winner of Shang vs. Bu, they would become the first Chinese duo to reach the men’s singles second round in the history of the tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Fokina will win.
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