Fajing Sun and Petr Bar Biryukov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Ningboo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 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 Fajing Sun who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fajing Sun is the pick to win this match.
Fajing Sun -> 1.5
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Fajing Sun vs. Petr Bar Biryukov
This will be the 2nd time that Fajing Sun and Petr Bar Biryukov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Bar won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Phan Thiet 1 Challenger back in January 2026.
Fajing Sun
32 - 30win/loss
292
197
WLWLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-30 | 31-26 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-24 | 24-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-27 | 42-23 | 7-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-27 | 25-22 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 32-18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Hayato Matsuoka 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Matsuoka, Fajing recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Sun scored 103 points vs Matsuoka’s 98. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sun scored 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Fajing Sun lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sun put 69% of his first serves in, winning 56% (40/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. Fajing was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Matsuoka 7 times.
Sun has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (266-201). 31-26 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sun has a composed 240-170 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Wuning 2 Challenger where he beat Li Tu in the final 5-7 6-4 7-5.
Sun has an overall 32-30 win-loss record in 2026, 31-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ningboo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Petr Bar Biryukov
38 - 30win/loss
331
267
WLLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-30 | 28-17 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 48-30 | 48-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-23 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Semen Pankin 6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round against Pankin, Petr recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 7-65 6-4).During the match Bar scored less points (7) than Pankin. In fact, the world no. 292 won 100 points vs Pankin’s. That means that Bar was more focused during the important points. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Bar fired 19 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Petr Bar Biryukov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (53/67) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Pankin twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bengaluru 3 Challenger where he overcame Ilya Ivashka in the final 7-6(0) 4-6 6-4.
The Russian has an overall 38-30 win-loss record in 2026, 28-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sun | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 36 |
| Pts | 103-98 | 100-107 |
| Total Points | 201 | 207 |
| Winners | 40 | 53 |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% |
Both Sun and Bar played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Fajing Sun dropped 1 set, while Petr Bar Biryukov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sun and Bar have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sun played 5 games less than Bar. Sun scored 40 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bar blasted 53 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sun | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 19 |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 67/109 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 40/72 | 53/67 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 23/42 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Sun recorded 4 aces . Bar struck 19 aces . Sun won 56% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Bar won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sun | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 2 |
| Converted | 7/7 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 55% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Fajing broke his opponent 7 times with a 100% conversion rate. Sun conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Bar conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sun | |||
| R1 Matsuoka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-98 | 103-98 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 72/105 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 40/72 | 40/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/7 | 7/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Bar | |||
| R1 Pankin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 100-107 | 100-107 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 67/109 | 67/109 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 53/67 | 53/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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