Bu Yunchaokete and Ricardas Berankis will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Gwangju Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on SHOW COURT. 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 -> 1.59
Ricardas Berankis -> 2.23

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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Ricardas Berankis

This will be the 2^nd time that Bu Yunchaokete and Ricardas Berankis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Berankis won 7-5 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Pau Challenger back in 2023.

Bu Yunchaokete

Ranked no. 186, the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Alexander Blockx 3-2 ret., Arthur Fery 6-3 6-7⁸ 4-4 ret. and Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-5 6-3.

In the quarter, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (7-5 6-3). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 74 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 63. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Yunchaokete scored 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Bu Yunchaokete lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Yunchaokete broke Hsiou Hsu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Yunchaokete has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (134-61). 6-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Yunchaokete has an overall118-44 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 3 Challenger.

Bu has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Ricardas Berankis

Ranked no. 371, the Lithuanian got to the semifinal after beating Egor Gerasimov 7-6⁶ 6-1, James McCabe 7-6⁶ 7-6⁶ and Mark Lajal 6-2 6-7⁴ 6-3.

In the quarter, The Lithuanian defeated Lajal (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-3). During the match Berankis scored 103 points vs Lajal’s 90. Berankis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Berankis scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Richard broke Lajal 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Lithuanian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Richard has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Yunchaokete	Berankis
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	7
Tot Games	56	76
Pts	196-176	279-244
Total Points	372	523
Winners	61	108
%Winners	31%	39%

Both Yunchaokete and Berankis played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Bu Yunchaokete surrendered 1 set, while Ricardas Berankis conceded 1 set. Yunchaokete has played 1 set more than Berankis (8 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Yunchaokete played 20 games less than Berankis. The Chinese scored 61 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Berankis blasted 108 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Yunchaokete	Berankis
Aces	13	5
Avg per match	4.3	1.7
1st in	96/177	146/264
%1st in	54%	55%
1st pts	61/96	108/146
%1st pts	64%	74%
2nd pts	44/81	61/118
%2nd pts	54%	52%

Yunchaokete struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Berankis recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Yunchaokete won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Yunchaokete	Berankis
Won	13	11
Converted	13/25	11/26
% Converted	52%	42%
Conceded	14	19
Saved	6	14
% Saved	43%	74%
Times Broken	8	5

The Chinese broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Berankis broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Yunchaokete
	R1 Blockx	R2 Fery	1/4 Hsiou	Total
Score	3-2 ret.	6-3 6-78 4-4 ret.	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	1	3	2	6
Tot Games	5	30	21	56
pts	18-15	104-98	74-63	196-176
Total points	33	202	137	372
Winners	4	31	26	61
%Winners	22%	30%	35%	31%
SERVE
Aces	0	9	4	13
Double Faults	0	1	0	1
1st in	9/21	50/94	37/62	96/177
% 1st in	43%	53%	60%	54%
1st pts	4/9	31/50	26/37	61/96
% 1st pts	44%	62%	70%	64%
2nd pts	7/12	24/44	13/25	44/81
% 2nd pts	58%	55%	52%	54%
Breaks
Won	1	7	5	13
Converted	1/1	7/14	5/10	13/25
Converted %	100%	50%	50%	52%
Conceded	1	10	3	14
Saved	0/1	5/10	1/3	6
Saved %	0%	50%	33%	28%
Times Broken	1	5	2	8

Berankis
	R1 Gerasimov	R2 McCabe	1/4 Lajal	Total
Score	7-66 6-1	7-66 7-66	6-2 6-74 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	26	30	76
pts	75-59	101-95	103-90	279-244
Total points	134	196	193	523
Winners	24	42	42	108
%Winners	32%	42%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	1	5
Double Faults	3	3	5	11
1st in	32/59	59/105	55/100	146/264
% 1st in	54%	56%	55%	55%
1st pts	24/32	42/59	42/55	108/146
% 1st pts	75%	71%	76%	74%
2nd pts	13/27	23/46	25/45	61/118
% 2nd pts	48%	50%	56%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	2	4	11
Converted	5/8	2/7	4/11	11/26
Converted %	63%	29%	36%	42%
Conceded	3	8	8	19
Saved	1/3	6/8	7/8	14
Saved %	33%	75%	88%	65%
Times Broken	2	2	1	5

Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 5-7 7-6³) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Mark LajalLajal (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Jie Cui/Duckhee LeeCui/Duckhee Lee – Mattia Bellucci/Moez EcharguiBellucci/Moez Echargui (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ricardas Berankis/Illya MarchenkoBerankis/Illya Marchenko – Sanhui Shin/Woobin ShinShin/Woobin Shin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction