Hubert Hurkacz and Yu Hsiou Hsu will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.071
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 8.4
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, the Pole got to the 3rd round after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (7-65 6-4). During the match, Hurkacz scored 69 points vs Kokkinakis’s 65. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hurkacz managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hubert Hurkacz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kokkinakis once.
Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (341-210). 18-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hurkacz has a compiled 164-79 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Hurkacz has a composed 34-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-31 | 39-25 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 184, Yu got to the 3rd round after beating Miljan Zekic 6-2 6-1, Fajing Sun 6-71 6-3 6-1, Max Purcell 7-65 4-6 6-4 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-3 6-4). During the match Hsiou scored 67 points vs Musetti’s 48. Yu was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was quite effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Musetti 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Hsiou’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tsukuba and M25 Kashiwa.
Hsiou has a compiled 28-15 win-loss record in 2023, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 96 |
| Pts | 69-65 | 342-288 |
| Total Points | 134 | 630 |
| Winners | 42 | 132 |
| %Winners | 61% | 39% |
Hurkacz played 1 match while Hsiou competed in 4 matches. Hsiou started his run from the qualifications while Hurkacz had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yu Hsiou Hsu surrendered 2 sets while Hubert Hurkacz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hurkacz has played 8 set(s) less than Hsiou (2 vs 10). Therefore, Hurkacz played 73 games less than Hsiou. Hurkacz scored 42 winners (61% of the total points). On the other side, Yu recorded 132 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 17 | 3 |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 192/304 |
| %1st in | 70% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 42/49 | 132/192 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 53/112 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Hurkacz blasted 17 aces . Hsiou made 12 aces (3 per match). Hurkacz won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 23 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 23/46 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 29 |
| Saved | 1 | 17 |
| % Saved | 100% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 12 |
The Pole broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Hubert pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Hsiou broke his opponents 23 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R2 Kokkinakis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 69-65 | 69-65 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 61% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 49/70 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 42/49 | 42/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hsiou | ||||||
| Q1 Zekic | Q3 Sun | R1 Purcell | R2 Musetti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-71 6-3 6-1 | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 33 | 19 | 96 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 104-90 | 112-115 | 67-48 | 342-288 | |
| Total points | 94 | 194 | 227 | 115 | 630 | |
| Winners | 22 | 40 | 45 | 25 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 58/93 | 76/123 | 30/45 | 192/304 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 62% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 40/58 | 45/76 | 25/30 | 132/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 59% | 83% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 15/35 | 20/47 | 10/15 | 53/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 43% | 43% | 67% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/14 | 7/16 | 4/10 | 23/46 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 44% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 29 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/9 | 8/15 | 2/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 53% | 67% | 237% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-62 6-76 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction