Alex Bolt and Yu Hsiou Hsu will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.68
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu

There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 244, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jules Marie 6-3 3-6 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, Bolt defeated Marie (6-3 3-6 7-6⁴). During the match, Bolt scored 99 points vs Marie’s 94. Bolt was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bolt bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (49/66) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Marie twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Bolt has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (248-176). 16-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bolt has a composed 166-115 record in the last years on hard.

Bolt’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.

The Australian has an overall 25-7 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Bolt has never competed in this tournament before.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 256, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after beating James Duckworth 6-3 6-7⁶ 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese defeated Duckworth (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-1). During the match Hsiou scored 107 points vs Duckworth’s 88. Hsiou was quite aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about serving, Hsiou struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 72% of his first serves in, winning 74% (58/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Hsiou broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa.

Hsiou has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bolt	Hsiou
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	29
Pts	99-94	107-88
Total Points	193	195
Winners	49	58
%Winners	49%	54%

Both Bolt and Hsiou played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Bolt conceded 1 set, while Yu Hsiou Hsu dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bolt and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bolt played 2 games more than Hsiou. Bolt scored 49 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou bagged 58 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bolt	Hsiou
Aces	6	9
Avg per match	6	9
1st in	66/100	78/109
%1st in	66%	72%
1st pts	49/66	58/78
%1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	18/34	14/31
%2nd pts	53%	45%

Bolt bagged 6 aces . Hsiou made 9 aces . Bolt won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bolt	Hsiou
Won	2	4
Converted	2/4	4/8
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	13	6
Saved	11	5
% Saved	85%	83%
Times Broken	2	1

Alex broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hsiou conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Bolt
	R1 Marie	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 7-64
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	99-94	99-94
Total points	193	193
Winners	49	49
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	66/100	66/100
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	49/66	49/66
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	18/34	18/34
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	11/13	11
Saved %	85%	85%
Times Broken	2	2

Hsiou
	R1 Duckworth	Total
Score	6-3 6-76 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	107-88	107-88
Total points	195	195
Winners	58	58
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	78/109	78/109
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	58/78	58/78
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger

• James McCabeMcCabe – Li TuTu (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Paul JubbJubb (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Mattia BellucciBellucci (0-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Fajing SunSun (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 3-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Alexander BlockxBlockx (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-3 6-7(6) 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Fajing SunSun (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Mattia BellucciBellucci (0-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Duckhee LeeLee (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6(6) 6-1) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Li TuTu (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Paul JubbJubb (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-7(6) 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard BerankisBerankis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Yunseong ChungChung (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction