Steven Diez and Yan Bai will square off in the 2nd round of the Shenzhen 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. 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 Yan Bai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.64
Steven Diez -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Yan Bai
There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Yan Bai since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nam Hoang Ly 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Steven had a good straight sets win against Hoang Ly (6-4 6-1). During the match, Diez scored 63 points vs Hoang Ly’s 47. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diez scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Steven Diez lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Hoang Ly 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Diez has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (342-276). 7-12 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diez has a composed 133-101 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello and the Iasi Challenger.
Steven has a compiled 23-31 win-loss record in 2023, 7-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-20 | 47-19 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 436, Bai got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Weber 6-4 6-72 7-63.
In the 1st round, Bai defeated Weber (6-4 6-72 7-63). During the match Bai scored 113 points vs Weber’s 109. Bai was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Bai blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yan Bai lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bai put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (41/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Bai broke Weber 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Tianjin and M25 Guiyang.
The Chinese has an aggregate 41-11 win-loss record in 2023, 39-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 |
| Pts | 63-47 | 113-109 |
| Total Points | 110 | 222 |
| Winners | 24 | 41 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Diez and Bai played 1 match. At the moment, Yan Bai lost 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t lost a set so far. Diez has played 1 set(s) less than Bai (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diez played 19 games less than Bai. Diez scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 41 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 64/105 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 41/64 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 23/41 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 56% |
Diez struck 1 ace . Bai also scored 5 aces . Diez won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Bai won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Steven broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Canadian dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Yan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | |||
| R1 Hoang Ly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 63-47 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bai | |||
| R1 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 113-109 | 113-109 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 64/105 | 64/105 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/64 | 41/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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