Yuichiro Inui and Yu Hsiou Hsu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 2 sets.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.053
Yuichiro Inui -> 8.7
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Prediction and head to head Yuichiro Inui vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Yuichiro Inui and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yuichiro Inui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-20 | 16-16 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-25 | 8-22 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-19 | 14-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 5-3 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Inui reached the 2nd round after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 6-4 6-3, Jordan Smith 6-3 4-6 6-1 and Li Tu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Yuichiro had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Inui scored 63 points vs Tu’s 54. Inui was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Inui made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yuichiro Inui conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Inui put 61% of his first serves in, winning 91% (31/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Tu twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Inui has a weak match record in the last 8 years having won 48% of his matches (75-82). 13-16 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Inui has an overall48-51 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Yuichiro has an aggregate 13-16 win-loss record in 2022, 13-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Yuichiro has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 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. 315, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Mitchell Harper 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hsiou had a good straight sets win against Harper (6-1 6-4). During the match Hsiou scored 65 points vs Harper’s 42. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsiou made 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yu Hsiou Hsu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yu was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Harper 3 times.
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Quinta Do Lago,M25 Dallas and M25 Tay Ninh.
The Chinese has a composed 48-22 win-loss record in 2022, 41-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Inui | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 17 |
| Pts | 222-175 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 397 | 107 |
| Winners | 86 | 25 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Inui played 3 matches while Hsiou competed in 1 match. Inui started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yuichiro Inui dropped 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t lost a set so far. Inui has played 5 sets more than Hsiou (7 vs 2). Therefore, Inui played 48 games more than Hsiou. The Japanese scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou fired 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Inui | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 10 |
| 1st in | 99/175 | 31/51 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 86/99 | 25/31 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 42/76 | 14/20 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 70% |
Inui fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Hsiou bagged 10 aces . Inui won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 81% of the points on 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 | Inui | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 3 |
| Converted | 10/27 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 37% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Yuichiro broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Yuichiro dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Hsiou was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Inui | |||||
| Q1 Christopher | Q3 Smith | R1 Tu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 20 | 65 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 89-70 | 63-54 | 222-175 | |
| Total points | 121 | 159 | 117 | 397 | |
| Winners | 22 | 33 | 31 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% | 49% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/53 | 38/66 | 34/56 | 99/175 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 58% | 61% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 33/38 | 31/34 | 86/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 87% | 91% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 15/28 | 11/22 | 42/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 54% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/12 | 2/7 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 42% | 29% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 100% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hsiou | |||||
| R1 Harper | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |||
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |||
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |||
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |||
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |||
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |||
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |||
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |||
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |||
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (4-6 6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marek GengelGengel – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-68 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (3-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Marc PolmansPolmans – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction