Yibing Wu and Li Tu will face off in the final of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.21
Li Tu -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Yibing Wu vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Yibing Wu and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 135, Yibing got to the final after beating Radu Albot 6-0 4-6 6-2, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-2 6-4, Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-4 and Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the semifinal, Wu defeated Majchrzak (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Wu scored 96 points vs Majchrzak’s 86. Wu was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wu struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yibing Wu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Wu broke Majchrzak 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Wu has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Wu has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (93-48). 20-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wu has an overall57-35 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Wu’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park,the Orlando Challenger,the Rome Challenger and the Indianapolis Challenger.
Yibing has a composed 40-6 win-loss record in 2022, 20-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, Li reached the final after defeating Sehyuk Cho 6-1 6-0, Mukund Sasikumar 7-5 7-5, Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-0, Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2, Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-74 6-1 and James Duckworth 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, Tu had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (6-4 6-3). During the match Tu scored 62 points vs Duckworth’s 45. Li was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Li Tu was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Duckworth twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Li started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Bendigo,M25 Cairo,M15 Monastir,M25 Monastir and M15 Waco.
The Australian has an overall 48-20 win-loss record in 2022, 32-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wu | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 88 | 119 |
| Pts | 317-257 | 433-334 |
| Total Points | 574 | 767 |
| Winners | 124 | 185 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Wu played 4 matches while Tu competed in 6 matches. Tu started his run from the qualifications while Wu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yibing Wu dropped 2 sets, while Li Tu lost 1 set. Wu has played 3 set(s) less than Tu (10 vs 13). Therefore, Wu played 31 games less than Tu. The Chinese scored 124 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Li managed to score 185 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wu | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 176/295 | 251/394 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 124/176 | 185/251 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 65/119 | 78/143 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Wu recorded 15 aces (3.8 per match). Tu scored 29 aces (4.8 per match). Wu won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 74% of the points on 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 | Wu | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 25 |
| Converted | 17/32 | 25/44 |
| % Converted | 53% | 57% |
| Conceded | 25 | 21 |
| Saved | 19 | 15 |
| % Saved | 76% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Yibing broke his opponents 17 times with a 53% conversion rate. Yibing lost his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Tu broke his opponents 25 times with a 57% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wu | ||||||
| R1 Albot |
R2 Stebe |
1/4 Svrcina |
1/2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 4-6 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 18 | 28 | 88 | |
| pts | 88-72 | 62-45 | 71-54 | 96-86 | 317-257 | |
| Total points | 160 | 107 | 125 | 182 | 574 | |
| Winners | 28 | 21 | 28 | 47 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 39% | 49% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 43/88 | 29/51 | 44/66 | 60/90 | 176/295 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 67% | 67% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 21/29 | 28/44 | 47/60 | 124/176 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 72% | 64% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/45 | 15/22 | 11/22 | 11/30 | 65/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 68% | 50% | 37% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/9 | 5/6 | 3/9 | 17/32 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 44% | 83% | 33% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/4 | 9/11 | 2/4 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 75% | 82% | 50% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tu | ||||||||
| Q1 Cho |
Q3 Kumar Mukund |
R1 Uchida |
R2 Nakagawa |
1/4 O |
1/2 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-74 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 30 | 19 | 119 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 77-65 | 64-45 | 76-60 | 99-85 | 62-45 | 433-334 | |
| Total points | 89 | 142 | 109 | 136 | 184 | 107 | 767 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 50 | 26 | 185 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 51% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 46/69 | 36/59 | 45/70 | 61/97 | 31/50 | 251/394 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 61% | 64% | 63% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 32/46 | 25/36 | 28/45 | 50/61 | 26/31 | 185/251 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 69% | 62% | 82% | 84% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 14/23 | 12/23 | 13/25 | 17/36 | 14/19 | 78/143 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 61% | 52% | 52% | 47% | 74% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 5/5 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 2/5 | 25/44 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 45% | 67% | 40% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 7/9 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 75% | 78% | 67% | – | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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