Bu Yunchaokete and Menelaos Efstathiou will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.039
Menelaos Efstathiou -> 9
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Menelaos Efstathiou
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Menelaos Efstathiou since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, Bu will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Duckworth in the semifinal on the 21st of October.
The Chinese has an aggregate 35-22 win-loss record in 2023, 25-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Seoul Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Chinese has an overall 123-54 record. He has a positive 110-40 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Menelaos Efstathiou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 19-14 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-13 | 6-9 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-12 | 24-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 889, Efstathiou will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Bergamo Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Harris in the qualifications on the 29th of October.
The Cypriot has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2023, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Cypriot has an overall 59-39 record. He has a positive 42-27 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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