Tristan Schoolkate and Jie Cui will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Ningboo Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 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 Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.51
Jie Cui -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. Jie Cui
This will be the 4th time that Tristan Schoolkate and Jie Cui play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cui (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Schoolkate won 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(2) in the semifinal in the Guangzhou Challenger back in October 2026.
Tristan Schoolkate
37 - 29win/loss
141
95
WWWWWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-29 | 23-20 | 6-3 | 4-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 44-36 | 33-25 | 0-2 | 2-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Masamichi Imamura 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Schoolkate had a good straight sets win against Imamura (6-4 6-3). During the match, Schoolkate scored 65 points vs Imamura’s 48. Schoolkate was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Schoolkate scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tristan Schoolkate was very effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tristan broke Imamura twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Schoolkate has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (251-186). 23-20 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Schoolkate has a composed166-124 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
Schoolkate has a composed 37-29 win-loss record in 2026, 23-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ningboo Challenger
Schoolkate has never competed in this tournament before.
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28-25 | 22-22 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-27 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 393, Cui reached the 2nd round after beating Linang Xiao 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Xiao (6-4 6-2). During the match Cui scored 66 points vs Xiao’s 49. Cui was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Cui blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jie Cui lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cui put 70% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Xiao 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Jie’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Maanshan.
Jie has a composed 28-25 win-loss record in 2026, 22-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Schoolkate | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-48 | 66-49 |
| Total Points | 113 | 115 |
| Winners | 31 | 32 |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% |
Both Schoolkate and Cui played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Schoolkate and Cui have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Schoolkate played 1 game more than Cui. The Australian scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 32 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Schoolkate | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 43/61 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 32/43 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Schoolkate bagged 4 aces . Cui blasted 7 aces . Schoolkate won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Schoolkate | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 40% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Tristan broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Cui broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cui conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Schoolkate | |||
| R1 Imamura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cui | |||
| R1 Xiao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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