Yu Hsiou Hsu and Valentin Vacherot will face off in the semifinal of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT B. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.66
Valentin Vacherot -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Valentin Vacherot

This will be the 2^nd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Valentin Vacherot square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vacherot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Vacherot won 6-4 6-3 in the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago back in 2022.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 208, the Chinese reached the semifinal after defeating Mate Valkusz 6-3 3-6 6-1, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 1-0 ret. and Brandon Holt 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-1 6-4). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 70 points vs Holt’s 50. Hsiou Hsu was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hsiou Hsu managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 11 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 58% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Holt 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (228-126). 3-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hsiou Hsu has a composed198-94 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Hsiou Hsu has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 280, Vacherot reached the semifinal after defeating Thanapet Chanta 6-2 6-3, Manuel Guinard 6-2 6-3, Rio Noguchi 7-6¹ 7-6⁶, Laurent Lokoli 6-4 6-4 and Francesco Passaro 4-6 7-5 7-6¹.

In the quarter against Passaro, The Monegasque recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-6¹). During the match Vacherot scored 110 points vs Passaro’s 103. The Monegasque was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (58/75) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vacherot broke Passaro once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Monegasque started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Monegasque has an overall 5-0 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hsiou Hsu	Vacherot
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	11
Tot Games	52	115
Pts	196-149	407-322
Total Points	345	729
Winners	86	198
%Winners	44%	49%

Hsiou Hsu played 3 matches while Vacherot competed in 5 matches. Vacherot started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou Hsu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yu Hsiou Hsu dropped 1 set, while Valentin Vacherot conceded 1 set. Hsiou Hsu has played 3 set(s) less than Vacherot (8 vs 11). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 63 games less than Vacherot. Yu scored 86 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Monegasque bagged 198 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hsiou Hsu	Vacherot
Aces	13	47
Avg per match	4.3	9.4
1st in	108/185	253/349
%1st in	58%	72%
1st pts	86/108	198/253
%1st pts	80%	78%
2nd pts	38/77	54/96
%2nd pts	49%	56%

Hsiou Hsu struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Vacherot bagged 47 aces (9.4 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 78% 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	Hsiou Hsu	Vacherot
Won	9	14
Converted	9/20	14/43
% Converted	45%	33%
Conceded	19	24
Saved	17	18
% Saved	89%	75%
Times Broken	2	6

Hsiou Hsu broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu surrendered his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 14 times with a 33% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
	R1 Valkusz	R2 Hsin Tseng	1/4 Holt	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1	6-3 1-0 ret.	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	25	10	17	52
pts	86-73	40-26	70-50	196-149
Total points	159	66	120	345
Winners	33	18	35	86
%Winners	38%	45%	50%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	4	13
Double Faults	2	1	4	7
1st in	44/75	20/34	44/76	108/185
% 1st in	59%	59%	58%	58%
1st pts	33/44	18/20	35/44	86/108
% 1st pts	75%	90%	80%	80%
2nd pts	16/31	7/14	15/32	38/77
% 2nd pts	52%	50%	47%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/11	2/6	3/3	9/20
Converted %	36%	33%	100%	45%
Conceded	5	3	11	19
Saved	3/5	3/3	11/11	17
Saved %	60%	100%	100%	87%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Vacherot
	Q1 Chanta	Q3 Guinard	R1 Noguchi	R2 Lokoli	1/4 Passaro	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-2 6-3	7-61 7-66	6-4 6-4	4-6 7-5 7-61
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	11
Tot Games	17	17	26	20	35	115
pts	62-37	73-55	101-84	61-43	110-103	407-322
Total points	99	128	185	104	213	729
Winners	27	35	50	28	58	198
%Winners	44%	48%	50%	46%	53%	49%
SERVE
Aces	7	11	10	8	11	47
Double Faults	0	2	4	3	1	10
1st in	30/40	53/68	63/84	32/48	75/109	253/349
% 1st in	75%	78%	75%	67%	69%	72%
1st pts	27/30	35/53	50/63	28/32	58/75	198/253
% 1st pts	90%	66%	79%	88%	77%	78%
2nd pts	7/10	8/15	9/21	10/16	20/34	54/96
% 2nd pts	70%	53%	43%	63%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	3	1	14
Converted	4/11	4/10	2/9	3/6	1/7	14/43
Converted %	36%	40%	22%	50%	14%	33%
Conceded	2	6	8	1	7	24
Saved	1/2	5/6	6/8	0/1	6/7	18
Saved %	50%	83%	75%	0%	86%	98%
Times Broken	1	1	2	1	1	6

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 1 Challenger

• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Marat Sharipov (RUS)Sharipov (RUS) (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-5 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lucas PouillePouille – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction