Lloyd Harris and Bu Yunchaokete will square off in the final of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Lloyd Harris who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lloyd Harris is the pick to win this match.
Lloyd Harris -> 1.59
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Lloyd Harris vs. Bu Yunchaokete
There is no head to head record between Lloyd Harris and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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, Lloyd reached the final after beating Luke Saville 6-2 6-2, Yunseong Chung 6-4 6-4, Sho Shimabukuro 6-1 6-3 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The South African had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Lloyd scored 64 points vs Wu’s 54. Harris was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lloyd managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lloyd Harris lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Lloyd put 53% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The South African was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Wu 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lloyd hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Lloyd has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (357-198). 10-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lloyd has a composed 274-110 record in the last years on hard.
The South African’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
The South African has an overall 10-9 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 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. 186, Yunchaokete got to the final after beating Alexander Blockx 3-2 ret., Arthur Fery 6-3 6-78 4-4 ret., Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-5 6-3 and Ricardas Berankis 4-6 6-4 7-65.
In the semifinal against Berankis, Bu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-65). During the match Yunchaokete scored 102 points vs Berankis’s 99. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Yunchaokete recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Bu Yunchaokete lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Yunchaokete put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Bu broke Berankis 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bu has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 3 Challenger and the Gwangju Challenger.
Yunchaokete has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lloyd | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 89 |
| Pts | 241-177 | 298-275 |
| Total Points | 418 | 573 |
| Winners | 101 | 107 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Both Lloyd and Yunchaokete played 4 matches. At the moment, Bu Yunchaokete conceded 2 sets while Lloyd Harris hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lloyd has played 3 set(s) less than Yunchaokete (8 vs 11). Therefore, Lloyd played 17 games less than Yunchaokete. The South African scored 101 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bu made 107 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lloyd | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 129/213 | 161/280 |
| %1st in | 61% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 101/129 | 107/161 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 43/84 | 61/119 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Lloyd scored 32 aces (8 per match). Yunchaokete bagged 16 aces (4 per match). Lloyd won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lloyd | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 17 |
| Converted | 17/20 | 17/32 |
| % Converted | 85% | 53% |
| Conceded | 19 | 25 |
| Saved | 14 | 13 |
| % Saved | 74% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 12 |
The South African broke his opponents 17 times with a 85% conversion rate. Lloyd surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Yunchaokete broke his opponents 17 times with a 53% conversion rate. Bu conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lloyd | ||||||
| R1 Saville |
R2 Chung |
1/4 Shimabukuro |
1/2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 72 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 59-50 | 61-35 | 64-54 | 241-177 | |
| Total points | 95 | 109 | 96 | 118 | 418 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 28 | 24 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 46% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 32/60 | 37/47 | 31/59 | 129/213 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 53% | 79% | 53% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 25/32 | 28/37 | 24/31 | 101/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 78% | 76% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 16/28 | 4/10 | 13/28 | 43/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 57% | 40% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 5/5 | 17/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 75% | 83% | 100% | 85% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 9/12 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 50% | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Yunchaokete | ||||||
| R1 Blockx |
R2 Fery |
1/4 Hsiou |
1/2 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-2 ret. | 6-3 6-78 4-4 ret. | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 89 | |
| pts | 18-15 | 104-98 | 74-63 | 102-99 | 298-275 | |
| Total points | 33 | 202 | 137 | 201 | 573 | |
| Winners | 4 | 31 | 26 | 46 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 30% | 35% | 45% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 9/21 | 50/94 | 37/62 | 65/103 | 161/280 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 53% | 60% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 4/9 | 31/50 | 26/37 | 46/65 | 107/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 44% | 62% | 70% | 71% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 24/44 | 13/25 | 17/38 | 61/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 52% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 7/14 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 17/32 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 57% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 25 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/10 | 1/3 | 7/11 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 33% | 64% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
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