Lloyd Harris and Tung-Lin Wu will face off in the semifinal of the Gwangju Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lloyd Harris who should win in 2 sets.
Lloyd Harris -> 1.24
Tung-Lin Wu -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Lloyd Harris vs. Tung-Lin Wu
This will be the 3rd time that Lloyd Harris and Tung-Lin Wu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Wu won 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger back in 2023.
Lloyd Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 16-3 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 21-16 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-22 | 23-11 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-15 | 12-7 | 4-3 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 171, the South African got to the semifinal after beating Luke Saville 6-2 6-2, Yunseong Chung 6-4 6-4 and Sho Shimabukuro 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Lloyd had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-1 6-3). During the match, Lloyd scored 61 points vs Shimabukuro’s 35. The South African was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lloyd fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lloyd Harris lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Lloyd put 79% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Harris broke Shimabukuro 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lloyd hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Lloyd has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (356-198). 9-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lloyd has a compiled 273-110 match record in the last years on hard.
Lloyd has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Tung-Lin Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-25 | 31-23 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, Wu got to the semifinal after beating Dane Sweeny 4-6 6-3 6-3, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 1-6 7-5 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-3 5-7 7-63.
In the quarter, Wu defeated Kachmazov (6-3 5-7 7-63). During the match Wu scored 113 points vs Kachmazov’s 103. Wu was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Wu scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (22/31) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tung-Lin has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bakersfield.
The Chinese has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lloyd | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 90 |
| Pts | 177-123 | 297-291 |
| Total Points | 300 | 588 |
| Winners | 77 | 130 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Lloyd and Wu played 3 matches. At the moment, Tung-Lin Wu surrendered 3 sets while Lloyd Harris hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lloyd has played 3 set(s) less than Wu (6 vs 9). Therefore, Lloyd played 38 games less than Wu. Lloyd scored 77 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tung-Lin blasted 130 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lloyd | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 98/154 | 206/291 |
| %1st in | 64% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 77/98 | 130/206 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 30/56 | 47/85 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Lloyd bagged 24 aces (8 per match). Wu blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Lloyd won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lloyd | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/15 | 13/34 |
| % Converted | 80% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 30 |
| Saved | 5 | 19 |
| % Saved | 71% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 11 |
Harris broke his opponents 12 times with a 80% conversion rate. The South African surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lloyd | |||||
| R1 Saville | R2 Chung | 1/4 Shimabukuro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 16 | 52 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 59-50 | 61-35 | 177-123 | |
| Total points | 95 | 109 | 96 | 300 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 28 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 32/60 | 37/47 | 98/154 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 53% | 79% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 25/32 | 28/37 | 77/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 78% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 16/28 | 4/10 | 30/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 57% | 40% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 12/15 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 75% | 83% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wu | |||||
| R1 Sweeny | R2 Lam Coleman Wong | 1/4 Kachmazov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 1-6 7-5 | 6-3 5-7 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | 34 | 90 | |
| pts | 97-93 | 87-95 | 113-103 | 297-291 | |
| Total points | 190 | 182 | 216 | 588 | |
| Winners | 45 | 41 | 44 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 39% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 74/97 | 67/98 | 65/96 | 206/291 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 68% | 68% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 45/74 | 41/67 | 44/65 | 130/206 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | 68% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 13/31 | 22/31 | 47/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 42% | 71% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/8 | 3/13 | 13/34 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 23% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 | 5 | 30 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 10/15 | 2/5 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 67% | 40% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Jea Moon Lee/Min-Kyu SongMoon Lee/Min-Kyu Song – Ricardas Berankis/Illya MarchenkoBerankis/Illya Marchenko (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-1) – H2H and prediction