Bu Yunchaokete and Dane Sweeny will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 16. 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 Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.64
Dane Sweeny -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Dane Sweeny
This will be the 2nd time that Bu Yunchaokete and Dane Sweeny square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yunchaokete (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Yunchaokete won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in the Guangzhou Challenger back in September 2023.
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. 167, Yunchaokete got to the 2nd round after beating Menelaos Efstathiou 6-74 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Efstathiou, Bu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-2). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 95 points vs Efstathiou’s 79. Yunchaokete was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Yunchaokete bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was very effective on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yunchaokete broke Efstathiou 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Yunchaokete has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 70% of his matches (124-54). 26-14 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has an overall111-40 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Seoul Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
The Chinese has an overall 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Bu has never competed in this tournament before.
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 18-18 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, Dane reached the 2nd round after beating Zhe Li 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Li, Sweeny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Sweeny scored 92 points vs Li’s 90. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Sweeny recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dane Sweeny lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sweeny put 71% of his first serves in, winning 75% (45/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Dane broke Li 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Dane’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Canberra.
Sweeny has an aggregate 35-31 win-loss record in 2023, 25-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yunchaokete | Sweeny |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 28 |
| Pts | 95-79 | 92-90 |
| Total Points | 174 | 182 |
| Winners | 42 | 45 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Both Yunchaokete and Sweeny played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Bu Yunchaokete lost 1 set, while Dane Sweeny conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yunchaokete and Sweeny have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Yunchaokete played 1 game more than Sweeny. Yunchaokete scored 42 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sweeny made 45 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Sweeny |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 60/85 |
| %1st in | 67% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 45/60 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 40% |
Yunchaokete blasted 3 aces . Sweeny scored 5 aces . Yunchaokete won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sweeny won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Sweeny |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 21% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Yunchaokete broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Yunchaokete lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Sweeny conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| R1 Efstathiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 95-79 | 95-79 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweeny | |||
| R1 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/85 | 60/85 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 45/60 | 45/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWLLWLL Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
- Dane SweenySweeny – Zhe LiLi (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Arthur WeberWeber (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Blake EllisEllis – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Jason JungJung (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Sho KatayamaKatayama (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Giovanni FonioFonio (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-74 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-5 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Taro DanielDaniel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Blake EllisEllis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
