ATP 250 · 1st Round Qualifying · Houston
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Smith
🎯 Baseliner
Zhu
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 56% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 2,130 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Colton Smith here.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Smith | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–8 | 7–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.16 | 2.84 |
| ROI % | -2.1% | +96.8% |
| Units P/L | -0.34u | +8.71u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Smith
0
Zhu
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Smith has a higher win rate against shared opponents (25% vs Zhu's 0%).
| Opponent | Smith | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary Svajda | L 76 36 16 | L 26 46 |
| Stefan Dostanic | W 64 76 | L 16 67 |
| Petr Bar Biryukov | L 46 67 | L 26 46 |
| Denis Yevseyev | L 63 36 36 | L 26 63 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Smith | Zhu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.4% | 61% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 65.9% | 68.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.8% | 52.9% |
| Aces / Match | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 57.3% | 53.6% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 37.2% | 34.1% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.1% | 51.2% |
| BP Converted % | 37.9% | 47.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 16.7 | 19.7 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 30.3 | 40.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 62.2% | 68.3% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.5% | 50.7% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 33% | 83% |
Last five matches per player
Clement Chidekh
Dublin Challenger · Round of 32
Jun 15
Jurij Rodionov
Dublin Challenger · Round of 16
Jun 11
Masamichi Imamura
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Michael Mmoh
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Final
May 31
Andre Ilagan
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Semifinals
May 31
Matchup overview
Colton Smith and Evan Zhu face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Houston on Clay.
Colton Smith leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Colton Smith is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Clement Chidekh (Jun 15).
Evan Zhu is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Hoyoung Roh (Jun 16).
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