Yan Bai and Blake Ellis will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm 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 Yan Bai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.64
Blake Ellis -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Yan Bai vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Yan Bai and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, Yan reached the qualifications after defeating Jake Delaney 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Yan had a good straight sets win against Delaney (6-4 7-5). During the match, Bai scored 80 points vs Delaney’s 71. Bai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bai bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yan Bai conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Bai put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Bai broke Delaney twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Bai has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (268-143). 14-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bai has an overall 213-105 record in the last years on hard.
Yan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Hinode.
Yan has a compiled 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Yan has never competed in this tournament before.
Blake Ellis
17 - 12win/loss
373
348
LWWWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 393, Blake reached the qualifications after beating Sheng Tang 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Blake had a good straight sets win against Tang (6-3 6-1). During the match Ellis scored 64 points vs Tang’s 45. Ellis was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Ellis bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Blake Ellis was quite effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Tang 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.
Ellis has a composed 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bai | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 80-71 | 64-45 |
| Total Points | 151 | 109 |
| Winners | 38 | 24 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Bai and Ellis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bai and Ellis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bai played 6 games more than Ellis. The Chinese scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Ellis struck 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bai | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 33/61 |
| %1st in | 62% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Bai bagged 2 aces . Ellis fired 5 aces . Bai won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Ellis won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bai | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Chinese extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 6 break points. Ellis broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Bai | |||
| Q1 Delaney |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 80-71 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/77 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ellis | |||
| Q1 Tang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/61 | 33/61 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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