Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.36
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 4th time that Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Hsiou won 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in the Sydney Challenger back in 2022.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 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. 87, Purcell reached the 2nd round after defeating Yuki Mochizuki 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-3 6-3). During the match, Purcell scored 64 points vs Mochizuki’s 46. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell struck 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Purcell has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (245-167). 30-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an aggregate180-116 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Max has an overall 35-8 win-loss record in 2023, 30-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
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. 193, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after beating Renta Tokuda 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yu had a good straight sets win against Tokuda (7-64 6-3). During the match Hsiou scored 74 points vs Tokuda’s 65. Yu was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsiou made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 52% of his first serves in, winning 81% (30/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. Hsiou broke Tokuda 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Hsiou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Tsukuba and M25 Kashiwa.
Hsiou has an overall 18-7 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Yu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 64-46 | 74-65 |
| Total Points | 110 | 139 |
| Winners | 26 | 30 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Purcell and Hsiou played 1 match. 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 2. However, Purcell played 4 games less than Hsiou. The Australian scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 37/71 |
| %1st in | 62% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 30/37 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/34 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 35% |
Purcell bagged 2 aces . Hsiou scored 8 aces . Purcell won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% 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 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Max broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Purcell had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hsiou | |||
| R1 Tokuda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 74-65 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/71 | 37/71 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/34 | 12/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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