Luca Nardi and Bu Yunchaokete will face off in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.61
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Bu Yunchaokete
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Seong Chan Hong 7-5 3-6 7-64 and James McCabe 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nardi had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 78 points vs McCabe’s 61. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 70% of his first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Nardi broke McCabe 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nardi has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (112-89). 15-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has an overall30-16 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Porto Challenger where he defeated Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1.
Nardi has an aggregate 32-32 win-loss record in 2023, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 15-5 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 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, the Chinese got to the quarter after beating Menelaos Efstathiou 6-74 6-2 6-2 and Dane Sweeny 6-4 5-7 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Yunchaokete defeated Sweeny (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match Yunchaokete scored 107 points vs Sweeny’s 102. Bu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Yunchaokete managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bu Yunchaokete lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Yunchaokete broke Sweeny 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Seoul Challenger where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
The Chinese has a compiled 37-22 win-loss record in 2023, 27-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 63 |
| Pts | 177-163 | 202-181 |
| Total Points | 340 | 383 |
| Winners | 80 | 81 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Nardi and Yunchaokete played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi surrendered 1 set, while Bu Yunchaokete lost 2 sets. Nardi has played 1 set(s) less than Yunchaokete (5 vs 6). Therefore, Nardi played 9 games less than Yunchaokete. Luca scored 80 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 81 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 108/159 | 117/185 |
| %1st in | 68% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 80/108 | 81/117 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 25/51 | 39/68 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Nardi struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Yunchaokete blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Nardi won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 43% | 39% |
| Conceded | 9 | 20 |
| Saved | 5 | 14 |
| % Saved | 56% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Nardi broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nardi lost his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Yunchaokete broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Bu conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | ||||
| R1 Chan Hong |
R2 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 54 | |
| pts | 99-102 | 78-61 | 177-163 | |
| Total points | 201 | 139 | 340 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 47/67 | 108/159 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 36/47 | 80/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 77% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 10/20 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Yunchaokete | ||||
| R1 Efstathiou |
R2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 34 | 63 | |
| pts | 95-79 | 107-102 | 202-181 | |
| Total points | 174 | 209 | 383 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 62/103 | 117/185 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 39/62 | 81/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 23/41 | 39/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/17 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 35% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 17 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 12/17 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
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