Yu Hsiou Hsu and Marc Polmans will face off in the final of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 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 Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.68
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-25 | 38-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 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, Hsiou Hsu got to the final after beating Mitchell Harper 6-1 6-4, Yuichiro Inui 6-2 6-1, James McCabe 6-4 6-0 and Max Purcell 6-1 6-4.
In the semifinal, Yu had a good straight sets win against Purcell (6-1 6-4). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 68 points vs Purcell’s 50. Yu was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hsiou Hsu broke Purcell 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Hsiou Hsu has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (190-103). 44-16 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hsiou Hsu has a compiled162-77 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Quinta Do Lago,M25 Dallas and M25 Tay Ninh.
Yu has a compiled 51-22 win-loss record in 2022, 44-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Yu has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-24 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, Polmans reached the final after beating Jose Statham 6-2 6-2, Yuta Shimizu 4-6 6-0 6-4, Mark Whitehouse 6-3 6-1 and Marek Gengel 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-3 6-4). During the match Polmans scored 76 points vs Gengel’s 66. Marc was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans managed to score 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marc Polmans lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Marc broke Gengel 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Polmans’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger and the Sydney Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 77 |
| Pts | 246-155 | 310-238 |
| Total Points | 401 | 548 |
| Winners | 100 | 111 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Polmans played 4 matches. At the moment, Marc Polmans lost 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (8 vs 9). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 12 games less than Polmans. Hsiou Hsu scored 100 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Marc fired 111 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 126/201 | 153/226 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 100/126 | 111/153 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 47/75 | 48/73 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 66% |
Hsiou Hsu bagged 24 aces (6 per match). Polmans managed to score 15 aces (3.8 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 16 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 16/48 |
| % Converted | 60% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Chinese broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 16 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsiou Hsu | ||||||
| R1 Harper |
R2 Inui |
1/4 McCabe |
1/2 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 65 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 55-28 | 58-35 | 68-50 | 246-155 | |
| Total points | 107 | 83 | 93 | 118 | 401 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 40% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 26/33 | 29/54 | 40/63 | 126/201 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 79% | 54% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 22/26 | 23/29 | 30/40 | 100/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 85% | 79% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 6/7 | 15/25 | 12/23 | 47/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 86% | 60% | 52% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/9 | 4/4 | 3/9 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 56% | 100% | 33% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Polmans | ||||||
| R1 Statham |
R2 Shimizu |
1/4 Whitehouse |
1/2 Gengel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 77 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 108-90 | 63-40 | 76-66 | 310-238 | |
| Total points | 105 | 198 | 103 | 142 | 548 | |
| Winners | 21 | 39 | 21 | 30 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 58/79 | 28/40 | 45/66 | 153/226 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 73% | 70% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 39/58 | 21/28 | 30/45 | 111/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 67% | 75% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/21 | 9/12 | 12/21 | 48/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 76% | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/18 | 5/11 | 3/8 | 16/48 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 22% | 45% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/8 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 88% | 0% | 75% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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