Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Zhizhen Zhang: AI Prediction | Games, Aces & Double Faults

Felix carries the clear ranking and Elo advantages (Rank 8, Elo 3934.18) and shows stronger recent form (form index 60.84) compared with Zhang (Rank 263, Elo 128.50, form index 25.24). Both players enter with zero tournament fatigue. Felix’s surface strength index (25.59) is substantially higher than Zhang’s (2.76), indicating Felix is more comfortable on this hard-court setting. There is a marked difference in serving and returning metrics: Zhang’s mean serve index (98.18) is more than 15 points higher than Felix’s (82.33), and Zhang’s mean return index (85.12) far exceeds Felix’s (30.12); both differences exceed the 5-point threshold and are likely to shape key exchanges. Looking at recent matches, Felix won two straight in Rotterdam before a loss to Alex de Minaur, showing solid deep-tournament form with three recent hard-court matches of varied length (54, 104, 78 minutes). Zhang’s last three include a win over Roberto Carballés Baena and losses to Jakub Mensik and Francisco Cerúndolo (the latter a long, 174-minute match at the Australian Open), indicating inconsistency but evidence of competitive wins on hard courts.