Jeff Wolf and Yibing Wu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. 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 Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.57
Yibing Wu -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Yibing Wu
There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jeff Wolf
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-26 | 11-16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 16-13 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 23-15 | 8-4 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-11 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Wolf got to the quarter after beating Juncheng Shang 6-1 6-2 and Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 7-61.
In the 2nd round, Jeff had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-3 7-61). During the match, Wolf scored 80 points vs Mochizuki’s 66. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wolf blasted 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jeff Wolf was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Wolf has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (118-73). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wolf has an overall48-24 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger,the Savannah Challenger and the Orlando Challenger.
The American has an overall 28-16 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-10 | 23-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 329, Wu got to the quarter after beating Malek Jaziri 6-4 4-0 ret. and Ulises Blanch 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-3 6-4). During the match Wu scored 69 points vs Blanch’s 48. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu struck 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yibing Wu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wu broke Blanch twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Orange Park and the Orlando Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 22-4 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wolf | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 33 |
| Pts | 135-93 | 126-85 |
| Total Points | 228 | 211 |
| Winners | 48 | 43 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Both Wolf and Wu played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Wolf has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Wolf played 4 games more than Wu. Wolf scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Wu scored 43 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wolf | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 63/109 | 52/89 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 43/52 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 29/46 | 26/37 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 70% |
Wolf struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Wu fired 4 aces (2 per match). Wolf won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wolf | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 54% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Jeff broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Wolf conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Yibing broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wolf | ||||
| R1 Shang | R2 Mochizuki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 37 | |
| pts | 55-27 | 80-66 | 135-93 | |
| Total points | 82 | 146 | 228 | |
| Winners | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 37/69 | 63/109 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 28/37 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 17/32 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 53% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/9 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wu | ||||
| R1 Jaziri | R2 Blanch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-0 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 69-48 | 126-85 | |
| Total points | 94 | 117 | 211 | |
| Winners | 16 | 27 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 39% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/39 | 31/50 | 52/89 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 62% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 27/31 | 43/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 87% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/19 | 26/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 68% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/6 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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