Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Ningboo Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.56
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 8th time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu face off. The head to head is 5-2 for Hsiou Hsu (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Shimizu won 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in March 2026.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
31 - 24win/loss
330
158
WLLLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-24 | 26-16 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 44-31 | 39-25 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330, Hsiou Hsu got to the 2nd round after beating Keegan Smith 4-6 7-5 7-6(7).
In the 1st round against Smith, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-67).During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored less points (6) than Smith. In fact, the world no. 330 won 109 points vs Smith’s. That means that Hsiou Hsu was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsiou Hsu fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (60/81) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yu broke Smith once after converting 8% of his break points (1/12).
Hsiou Hsu has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (334-205). 26-16 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hsiou Hsu has an overall 290-154 record in the last years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Launceston and M25 Taipei.
The Chinese has an aggregate 31-24 win-loss record in 2026, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ningboo Challenger
Hsiou Hsu has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-21 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 404, Yuta got to the 2nd round after beating Mili Poljicak 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Poljicak, Yuta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 6-4). During the match Shimizu scored 101 points vs Poljicak’s 90. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
About the serving games, Shimizu recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuta Shimizu was very efficient on serve to win 79% (54/68) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yuta broke Poljicak twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Yuta has an aggregate 24-21 win-loss record in 2026, 24-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 32 |
| Pts | 109-115 | 101-90 |
| Total Points | 224 | 191 |
| Winners | 60 | 54 |
| %Winners | 55% | 53% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Shimizu played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost 1 set, while Yuta Shimizu conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hsiou Hsu and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hsiou Hsu played 3 games more than Shimizu. The Chinese scored 60 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Yuta blasted 54 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 81/107 | 68/102 |
| %1st in | 76% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 60/81 | 54/68 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Hsiou Hsu fired 5 aces . Shimizu fired 2 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/12 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 8% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Yu broke his opponent once with a 8% conversion rate. Yu surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 109-115 | 109-115 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 81/107 | 81/107 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 60/81 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/12 | 1/12 | |
| Converted % | 8% | 8% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Poljicak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 101-90 | 101-90 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 68/102 | 68/102 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 54/68 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Ningboo Challenger
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Keegan SmithSmith (4-6 7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Semen PankinPankin (6-71 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Yaroslav DeminDemin – Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Charles BroomBroom – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 2-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Tianhui ZhangZhang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Linang XiaoXiao (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Ognjen MilicMilic (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mert AlkayaAlkaya – Rigele TeTe (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Linang XiaoXiao (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Semen PankinPankin (6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Alexandr BindaBinda (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Charles BroomBroom – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yaroslav DeminDemin – Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Tianhui ZhangZhang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 2-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Keegan SmithSmith (4-6 7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Mert AlkayaAlkaya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Charles BroomBroom – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sergey FominFomin – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-1) – H2H and prediction
