

What Time Will Zhang Zhizhen Play Against Buyunchaokete?
Zhizhen and Buyunchaokete are on the Day 6 Schedule at Hangzhou Open 2024 on Monday 23 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?
In their first meeting, Zhang Zhizhen from China, aged 27, currently ranked world No. 48 with a career-high of No. 31, will be facing Buyunchaokete, also from China. Zhang Zhizhen 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. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 31 in July 2024. He won three consecutive matches in deciding set tie-breaks and became the first Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals in an ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid in 2023. He also reached the quarterfinals in an ATP Masters 1000 event on clay in Rome in 2024. During the 2023 season, he reached his first ATP Tour semifinal in Hamburg and defeated the No. 5 ranked player, Casper Ruud, en route to the US Open third round. Zhang Zhizhen 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. His biggest win came against No. 5 ranked Daniil Medvedev in the 2024 Halle tournament. He aims to win the first all-Chinese semifinal in the Open Era and become the second man representing China to reach an ATP Tour final, following Wu Yibing in 2023 Dallas. This is Zhang Zhizhen’s third ATP Tour semifinal appearance, following Hamburg in 2023 and Halle in June 2024.
On the other hand, Buyunchaokete, aged 22, is currently ranked world No. 124 with a career-high of No. 113. He earned his first ranking point in January 2022, broke into the top 200 in May 2023, and reached his career-high ranking in September 2024 after qualifying for the US Open. He made his tour-level debut at the 2022 Davis Cup and his ATP Tour
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debut at the 2023 ATP Masters Shanghai as a wild card, earning his first tour-level win against No. 45 ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round. Buyunchaokete has a 60-35 record in Challenger events, with titles in Seoul in 2023, Wuxi and Granby in 2024. He considers Andy Murray as his tennis idol and has played against him at the 2023 Surbiton CH, losing in straight sets. In the 2019 Australian Open boys’ singles, he defeated a future top-10 player, Holger Rune, and reached the quarterfinals in the boys’ doubles at the 2019 Roland Garros with Khan and the 2020 Australian Open with Mitsui. He achieved the biggest win of his career against No. 23 ranked Karen Khachanov in the second round, reaching his first ATP Tour quarterfinal and semifinal. He also has a previous victory against No. 45 ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai in 2023. Buyunchaokete is currently ranked No. 96 on the PIF ATP Live Rankings and would rise to No. 88 with a semifinal win. He would become the fourth Chinese man to break into the top 100 in the PIF ATP Rankings since 1973.
The potential singles final between Zhang Zhizhen and Buyunchaokete at the Hangzhou Olympics Sports Center in China on September 18-24, 2024, would be of particular significance as it would be the first all-Chinese final in the Open Era. Zhang Zhizhen aims to become the first Chinese player to reach an ATP Tour final on home soil, following the achievement of Wu Yibing in 2023 Dallas. Shang Juncheng is projected to achieve a new career-high ranking after the Chengdu and Hangzhou tournaments. Additionally, the Lexus ATP Head2Head potential singles finals are not mentioned in the provided text.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Zhizhen will win.
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