Evan Zhu and Luca Castelnuovo have met 2 times since 2023; Luca Castelnuovo leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Luca Castelnuovo won at Wuxi Open (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhu
⚙️ Grinder
Castelnuovo
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,329 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Luca Castelnuovo.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zhu | Castelnuovo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Evan Zhu | Luca Castelnuovo | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 18/18 | 87% | 13/15 |
| 3 or more | 72% | 13/18 | 87% | 13/15 |
| 5 or more | 39% | 7/18 | 53% | 8/15 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 27% | 4/15 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/18 | 0% | 0/15 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhu | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–2 | 1–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.84 | 3.68 |
| ROI % | +96.8% | -77.5% |
| Units P/L | +8.71u | -4.65u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Castelnuovo has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zhu's 60%).
| Opponent | Zhu | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Sinclair | W 75 67 64 | W 76 64 |
| Zhenxiong Dong | W 64 64 | W 64 63 |
| Petr Bar Biryukov | L 26 46 | W 64 64 |
| Denis Yevseyev | L 26 63 16 | W 64 67 61 |
| Qian Sun | W 61 67 64 | W 62 63 |
Last five matches per player
Hoyoung Roh
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Kokoro Isomura
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 11
Geun Jun Kim
M15 Harmon · Round of 16
Jun 1
Kosuke Ogura
M15 Harmon · Round of 32
Jun 1
Sora Fukuda
M15 Karuizawa · Semifinals
May 25
Colin Sinclair
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 32
May 25
Shu Matsuoka
M15 Karuizawa · Quarterfinals
May 25
Jake Delaney
M15 Karuizawa · Final
May 25
Milos Karol
Enea Poznan Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Isac Stroemberg
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 14
Fares Zakaria
Enea Poznan Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Jurij Rodionov
BOSS OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 6
Mario Gonzalez Fernandez
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 1
Semen Pankin
RISE IRENE OPEN · Round of 32
May 25
Ognjen Milic
Wuxi Open · Round of 32
May 5
Evan Zhu
Wuxi Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 4
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 53–55 matches
| Metric | Zhu | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 62% |
| Sets won | 46% | 61% |
| Games won | 49% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zhu | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 2 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zhu | Castelnuovo |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
