Luca Castelnuovo and Zhenxiong Dong have met 2 times since 2023; Luca Castelnuovo leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Luca Castelnuovo won at M25 Luzhou (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Castelnuovo
💥 Big Hitter
Dong
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 69% vs 🏃 Pusher across 502 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Luca Castelnuovo.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Castelnuovo | Dong | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Luca Castelnuovo | Zhenxiong Dong | ||
| 1 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 75% | 3/4 |
| 3 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 5 or more | 53% | 8/15 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 10 or more | 27% | 4/15 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/4 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/4 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Castelnuovo | Dong |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–6 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 2.54 |
| ROI % | -80.7% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -5.65u | -1.00u |
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 Dong's 0%).
| Opponent | Castelnuovo | Dong |
|---|---|---|
| Evan Zhu | W 63 67 63 | L 46 46 |
| Yuquan Jin | W 75 64 | L 67 26 |
| Omar Jasika | W 67 76 66 | L 46 63 16 |
| Ye Cong Mo | W 46 63 76 | L 36 36 |
Last five matches per player
Franco Agamenone
Intaro Open · Round of 32
Jun 22
Milos Karol
Enea Poznan Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
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 · 13–51 matches
| Metric | Castelnuovo | Dong |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 0% |
| Sets won | 56% | 7% |
| Games won | 52% | 36% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Castelnuovo | Dong |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M25 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Castelnuovo | Dong |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
