PREVIEW. Paris. Tsitsipas and Zhang will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 31st of May

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zhizhen Zhang will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction

Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Zhizhen Zhang

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Zhizhen Zhang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Ranked no. 9, Tsitsipas reached the 3^rd round after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-6⁷ 6-4 6-1 and Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-2 6-7² 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-3 6-2 6-7² 6-4). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 119 points vs Altmaier’s 103. The Greek was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was very effective on serve to win 73% (54/74) of his 1st serve and 69% (29/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stefanos broke Altmaier 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Greek has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (470-212). 15-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has an overall 177-53 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Carlo where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.

Tsitsipas has an aggregate 26-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Zhizhen Zhang

Ranked no. 44, Zhang got to the 3^rd round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 4-6 6-3 7-5 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 3-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Zhang defeated Sonego (7-5 3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Zhang scored 139 points vs Sonego’s 120. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.

About the serving games, Zhang scored 17 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zhizhen Zhang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhang put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (60/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (24/52) on the 2nd serve. Zhizhen broke Sonego 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhizhen has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Zhang has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tsitsipas	Zhang
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	70	79
Pts	227-191	272-233
Total Points	418	505
Winners	101	117
%Winners	44%	43%

Both Tsitsipas and Zhang played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded 1 set, while Zhizhen Zhang dropped 2 sets. Tsitsipas has played 1 set(s) less than Zhang (7 vs 8). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 9 games less than Zhang. Stefanos scored 101 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 117 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tsitsipas	Zhang
Aces	10	35
Avg per match	5	17.5
1st in	132/201	144/239
%1st in	66%	60%
1st pts	101/132	117/144
%1st pts	77%	81%
2nd pts	44/69	49/95
%2nd pts	64%	52%

Tsitsipas blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Zhang recorded 35 aces (17.5 per match). Tsitsipas won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zhang won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tsitsipas	Zhang
Won	10	10
Converted	10/18	10/23
% Converted	56%	43%
Conceded	8	11
Saved	6	6
% Saved	75%	55%
Times Broken	2	5

Stefanos broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Stefanos lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Zhang broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Tsitsipas
	R1 Fucsovics	R2 Altmaier	Total
Score	7-67 6-4 6-1	6-3 6-2 6-72 6-4
Tot Set	3	4	7
Tot Games	30	40	70
pts	108-88	119-103	227-191
Total points	196	222	418
Winners	47	54	101
%Winners	44%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	7	10
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	58/85	74/116	132/201
% 1st in	68%	64%	66%
1st pts	47/58	54/74	101/132
% 1st pts	81%	73%	77%
2nd pts	15/27	29/42	44/69
% 2nd pts	56%	69%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/7	10/18
Converted %	45%	71%	56%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	4/5	2/3	6
Saved %	80%	67%	74%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Zhang
	R1 Vukic	R2 Sonego	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 7-5	7-5 3-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	4	4	8
Tot Games	41	38	79
pts	133-113	139-120	272-233
Total points	246	259	505
Winners	57	60	117
%Winners	43%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	18	17	35
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	69/112	75/127	144/239
% 1st in	62%	59%	60%
1st pts	57/69	60/75	117/144
% 1st pts	83%	80%	81%
2nd pts	25/43	24/52	49/95
% 2nd pts	58%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/12	6/11	10/23
Converted %	33%	55%	43%
Conceded	3	8	11
Saved	1/3	5/8	6
Saved %	33%	63%	48%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Tennis Scores – French Open

• Zhizhen Zhang – Lorenzo Sonego (7-5 3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis Shapovalov – Frances Tiafoe (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco Cerundolo – Filip Misolic (6-2 7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Taylor Fritz – Dusan Lajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hubert Hurkacz – Brandon Nakashima (6-7² 6-1 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tommy Paul – Fabio Fognini (6-1 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Zizou Bergs – Maximilian Marterer (3-6 6-3 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Casper Ruud – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7-6⁵ 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian Ofner – Sebastian Baez (3-6 3-6 6-4 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jozef Kovalik – Karen Khachanov (4-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian Korda – Soon-Woo Kwon (6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ben Shelton – Kei Nishikori (7-6⁷ 6-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Alex De Minaur – Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (7-5 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Machac – Mariano Navone (6-2 6-1 3-6 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Grigor Dimitrov – Fabian Marozsan (6-0 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Thanasi Kokkinakis – Giulio Zeppieri (1-6 4-6 6-3 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil Medvedev – Miomir Kecmanovic (6-1 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-Aliassime – Henri Squire (6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tallon Griekspoor – Luciano Darderi (7-6² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur Rinderknech – Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-3 7-6⁸ 1-6 0-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo Musetti – Gael Monfils (7-5 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Holger Rune – Flavio Cobolli (6-4 6-3 3-6 3-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Novak Djokovic – Roberto Carballes Baena (6-4 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard Struff – Alexander Bublik (6-2 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander Zverev – David Goffin (7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Matteo Arnaldi – Alexandre Muller (6-4 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Corentin Moutet – Alexander Shevchenko (6-4 6-2 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey Rublev – Pedro Martinez Portero (6-3 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos Tsitsipas – Daniel Altmaier (6-3 6-2 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos Alcaraz – Jesper De Jong (6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Pavel Kotov – Stan Wawrinka (7-6⁵ 6-4 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jannik Sinner – Richard Gasquet (6-4 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo Musetti – Gael Monfils (7-5 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry Fritz – Dusan Lajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur Rinderknech – Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-3 7-6(8) 1-6 0-5) – See score progression
• Casper Ruud – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (7-6(5) 1-6 6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak Djokovic – Lorenzo Musetti (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco Cerundolo – Tommy Paul (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry Fritz – Thanasi Kokkinakis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur Rinderknech – Casper Ruud (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander Zverev – Tallon Griekspoor (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jozef Kovalik – Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De Minaur – Jan-Lennard Struff (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Machac – Daniil Medvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey Rublev –  (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen Zhang – Stefanos Tsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian Korda – Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert Hurkacz – Denis Shapovalov (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou Bergs – Grigor Dimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin Moutet – Sebastian Ofner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel Kotov – Jannik Sinner (0-1) – H2H and prediction