Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.363
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Purcell won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in the Sultan 3 Challenger back in 2021.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, Max got to the quarter after beating Jeremy Jin 6-2 6-2 and Colin Sinclair 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Sinclair (7-5 6-1). During the match, Purcell scored 69 points vs Sinclair’s 44. Max was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell bagged 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Sinclair 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 65% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (206-157). 17-13 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an aggregate146-108 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has an overall 32-27 win-loss record in 2022, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 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 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, Yu got to the quarter after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-2 and Dane Sweeny 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (7-65 6-2). During the match Hsiou scored 80 points vs Sweeny’s 64. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Sweeny 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Hsiou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Quinta Do Lago,M25 Dallas and M25 Tay Ninh.
The Chinese has an overall 47-21 win-loss record in 2022, 40-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 39 |
| Pts | 128-70 | 151-117 |
| Total Points | 198 | 268 |
| Winners | 45 | 59 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Purcell and Hsiou played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Purcell played 4 games less than Hsiou. Purcell scored 45 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 59 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 50/84 | 81/130 |
| %1st in | 60% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 45/50 | 59/81 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 24/34 | 24/49 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 49% |
Purcell made 8 aces (4 per match). Hsiou recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Purcell won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 41% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Max broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Jin |
R2 Sinclair |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 59-26 | 69-44 | 128-70 | |
| Total points | 85 | 113 | 198 | |
| Winners | 21 | 24 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/36 | 29/48 | 50/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/21 | 24/29 | 45/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 83% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 13/19 | 24/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 68% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/11 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 45% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hsiou | ||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 | 39 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 80-64 | 151-117 | |
| Total points | 124 | 144 | 268 | |
| Winners | 27 | 32 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 44/71 | 81/130 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 32/44 | 59/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/27 | 24/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/9 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 56% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 25% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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