Colin Sinclair and Hanyi Liu will square off in the qualifications of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 Colin Sinclair who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colin Sinclair is the pick to win this match.
Colin Sinclair -> 1.23
Hanyi Liu -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head Colin Sinclair vs. Hanyi Liu
There is no head to head record between Colin Sinclair and Hanyi Liu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Colin Sinclair
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 31-25 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 22-14 | 7-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-21 | 22-8 | 14-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 3-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 384, Colin got to the qualifications after defeating Markos Kalovelonis 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Colin had a good straight sets win against Kalovelonis (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sinclair scored 62 points vs Kalovelonis’s 43. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinclair blasted 8 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Colin Sinclair was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Kalovelonis 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Sinclair has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (206-130). 23-14 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sinclair has a compiled113-70 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Colin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Rancho Santa Fe.
Colin has an aggregate 31-20 win-loss record in 2023, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Hanyi Liu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-24 | 19-23 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 12-17 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 851, Liu reached the qualifications after beating Ivan Denisov 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Liu had a good straight sets win against Denisov (7-5 6-2). During the match Liu scored 68 points vs Denisov’s 47. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Liu scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hanyi Liu lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 74% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Denisov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Hanyi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Luzhou.
The Chinese has a composed 14-12 win-loss record in 2023, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinclair | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 68-47 |
| Total Points | 105 | 115 |
| Winners | 27 | 32 |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% |
Both Sinclair and Liu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sinclair and Liu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sinclair played 3 games less than Liu. Sinclair scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Hanyi managed to score 32 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinclair | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 |
| %1st in | 74% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 32/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 46% |
Sinclair scored 8 aces . Liu managed to score 4 aces . Sinclair won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Liu won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinclair | Liu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sinclair conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Hanyi broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sinclair | |||
| Q1 Kalovelonis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Liu | |||
| Q1 Denisov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 32/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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