John Isner and Yibing Wu will play each other in the final of the Dallas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is John Isner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, John Isner is the pick to win this match.
John Isner -> 1.88
Yibing Wu -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Yibing Wu

There is no head to head record between John Isner and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

John Isner

Ranked no. 39, the American got to the final after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 7-6⁵ 7-6¹, Daniel Altmaier 6-3 7-6¹, Emilio Gomez 7-6⁸ 7-5 and Jeff Wolf 3-6 7-5 7-6⁴.

In the semifinal against Wolf, John recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-6⁴).During the match, Isner scored less points (1) than Wolf. In fact, the world no. 39 won 101 points vs Wolf’s. That means that Isner was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Isner submerged his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, John Isner was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (57/71) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. John broke Wolf once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

John has lost 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Isner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (280-173). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Isner has an aggregate 35-33 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Isner’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Dallas.

The American has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dallas

Yibing Wu

Ranked no. 97 (career-high), Yibing reached the final after beating Michael Mmoh 6-3 3-6 6-3, Denis Shapovalov 7-6¹ 6-4, Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-4 and Taylor Fritz 6-7³ 7-5 6-4.

In the semifinal against Fritz, Wu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 7-5 6-4).During the match Wu scored less points (4) than Fritz. In fact, the world no. 39 won 107 points vs Fritz’s. That means that Wu was more focused during the important points. Yibing was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Wu recorded 6 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yibing Wu was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (51/72) of his 1st serve and 64% (32/50) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yibing broke Fritz twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Yibing’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Cleveland Challenger.

Wu has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dallas

Yibing has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Isner	Wu
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	10
Tot Games	107	104
Pts	326-290	332-302
Total Points	616	634
Winners	188	154
%Winners	58%	46%

Both Isner and Wu played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Isner conceded 1 set, while Yibing Wu surrendered 2 sets. Isner has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (9 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Isner played 3 games more than Wu. John scored 188 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Wu managed to score 154 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Isner	Wu
Aces	94	23
Avg per match	23.5	5.8
1st in	220/299	215/339
%1st in	74%	63%
1st pts	188/220	154/215
%1st pts	85%	72%
2nd pts	50/79	75/124
%2nd pts	63%	60%

Isner made 94 aces (23.5 per match). Wu struck 23 aces (5.8 per match). Isner won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Isner	Wu
Won	3	11
Converted	3/17	11/22
% Converted	18%	50%
Conceded	13	25
Saved	12	20
% Saved	92%	80%
Times Broken	1	5

Isner broke his opponents 3 times with a 18% conversion rate. John conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Yibing broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Isner
	R1 Hsin	R2 Altmaier	1/4 Gomez	1/2 Wolf	Total
Score	7-65 7-61	6-3 7-61	7-68 7-5	3-6 7-5 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	26	22	25	34	107
pts	82-70	63-48	80-70	101-102	326-290
Total points	152	111	150	203	616
Winners	47	40	44	57	188
%Winners	57%	63%	55%	56%	58%
SERVE
Aces	22	18	23	31	94
Double Faults	0	0	1	2	3
1st in	56/71	44/55	49/71	71/102	220/299
% 1st in	79%	80%	69%	70%	74%
1st pts	47/56	40/44	44/49	57/71	188/220
% 1st pts	84%	91%	90%	80%	85%
2nd pts	10/15	8/11	15/22	17/31	50/79
% 2nd pts	67%	73%	68%	55%	63%
Breaks
Won	0	1	1	1	3
Converted	0/5	1/3	1/5	1/4	3/17
Converted %	0%	33%	20%	25%	18%
Conceded	1	0	4	8	13
Saved	1/1	0/0	4/4	7/8	12
Saved %	100%	–	100%	88%	72%
Times Broken	0	0	0	1	1

Wu
	R1 Mmoh	R2 Shapovalov	1/4 Mannarino	1/2 Fritz	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3	7-61 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-73 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	27	23	19	35	104
pts	90-84	76-66	59-41	107-111	332-302
Total points	174	142	100	218	634
Winners	41	32	30	51	154
%Winners	46%	42%	51%	48%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	2	6	6	23
Double Faults	1	0	0	0	1
1st in	58/88	48/76	37/53	72/122	215/339
% 1st in	66%	63%	70%	59%	63%
1st pts	41/58	32/48	30/37	51/72	154/215
% 1st pts	71%	67%	81%	71%	72%
2nd pts	16/30	18/28	9/16	32/50	75/124
% 2nd pts	53%	64%	56%	64%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	2	11
Converted	3/9	3/6	3/3	2/4	11/22
Converted %	33%	50%	100%	50%	50%
Conceded	7	5	4	9	25
Saved	5/7	3/5	3/4	9/9	20
Saved %	71%	60%	75%	100%	77%
Times Broken	2	2	1	0	5

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