Ricardas Berankis and Jie Cui will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.28
Jie Cui -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Ricardas Berankis vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Ricardas Berankis and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-15 | 12-8 | 5-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 329, the Lithuanian got to the qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 7-5 6-74 6-0.
In the qualifications, Richard defeated Kumar Mukund (7-5 6-74 6-0). During the match, Berankis scored 107 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 88. Berankis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berankis blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Kumar Mukund 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Berankis has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (268-204). 10-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Berankis has an overall 107-91 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Lithuanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Berankis has a composed 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Lithuanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-9 | 19-8 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 443 (career-high), Cui reached the qualifications after defeating Aoran Wang 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Cui had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-1 6-0). During the match Cui scored 51 points vs Wang’s 17. Cui was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Cui struck 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jie Cui was exceptionally effective on serve to win 95% (19/20) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cui broke Wang 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Jie’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The Chinese has a composed 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 13 |
| Pts | 107-88 | 51-17 |
| Total Points | 195 | 68 |
| Winners | 41 | 19 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Berankis and Cui played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ricardas Berankis dropped 1 set while Jie Cui hasn’t conceded a set so far. Berankis has played 1 set more than Cui (3 vs 2). Therefore, Berankis played 18 games more than Cui. Berankis scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 19 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 20/33 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 19/20 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 9/13 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 69% |
Berankis blasted 6 aces . Cui blasted 5 aces . Berankis won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 95% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 83% |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 |
| Saved | 7 | 0 |
| % Saved | 64% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Berankis broke his opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Richard surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Cui was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-74 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 107-88 | 107-88 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 60/103 | 60/103 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Cui | |||
| Q1 Wang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 51-17 | 51-17 | |
| Total points | 68 | 68 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 19/20 | 19/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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