Bu Yunchaokete and Alexander Blockx will square off in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.59
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Alexander Blockx 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 | 18-8 | 15-5 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 175, Yunchaokete reached the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yunchaokete had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-1 6-3). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 65 points vs Fanselow’s 47. Bu was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yunchaokete struck 8 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Bu Yunchaokete conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 58% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Yunchaokete has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (129-58). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has a compiled7-6 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Bu’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 3 Challenger.
Yunchaokete has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Blockx
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307 (career-high), Alexander reached the 2nd round after defeating Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (6-4 7-64). During the match Blockx scored 81 points vs Kasnikowski’s 65. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Blockx struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (7/22) on the 2nd serve. Blockx broke Kasnikowski 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Belgian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
Blockx has a composed 7-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yunchaokete | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
| Pts | 65-47 | 81-65 |
| Total Points | 112 | 146 |
| Winners | 24 | 36 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Yunchaokete and Blockx played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yunchaokete and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yunchaokete played 7 games less than Blockx. Yunchaokete scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Blockx struck 36 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 50/72 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 36/50 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 7/22 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 32% |
Yunchaokete fired 8 aces . Blockx managed to score 3 aces . Yunchaokete won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 32% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Bu pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| R1 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 28/48 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Kasnikowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 81-65 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/22 | 7/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-2 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Jakub PaulPaul – Remy BertolaBertola (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael AgwiAgwi – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-5 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Steven DiezDiez (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Billy HarrisHarris (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jakub PaulPaul – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
