Bu Yunchaokete and Linang Xiao will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm 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 Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.1
Linang Xiao -> 6.15
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Linang Xiao
There is no head to head record between Bu Yunchaokete and Linang Xiao since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bu Yunchaokete
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 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. 239, Yunchaokete reached the 2nd round after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Bu had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-3 6-0). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 56 points vs Jasika’s 31. Bu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yunchaokete recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bu Yunchaokete was very effective on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Jasika 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Yunchaokete has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (139-63). 11-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has an overall123-46 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Gwangju Challenger.
Yunchaokete has a compiled 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Linang Xiao
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 38-25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-16 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 709 (career-high), Xiao got to the 2nd round after beating Dominik Palan 6-76 4-0 ret., Ye Cong Mo 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Hanwen Li 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Li (6-3 6-2). During the match Xiao scored 67 points vs Li’s 47. Xiao was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Xiao blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Linang Xiao lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Xiao put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Li 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Chinese has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yunchaokete | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 65 |
| Pts | 56-31 | 237-214 |
| Total Points | 87 | 451 |
| Winners | 16 | 76 |
| %Winners | 29% | 32% |
Yunchaokete played 1 match while Xiao competed in 3 matches. Xiao started his run from the qualifications while Yunchaokete had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Linang Xiao surrendered 2 sets while Bu Yunchaokete hasn’t lost a set so far. Yunchaokete has played 6 set(s) less than Xiao (2 vs 8). Therefore, Yunchaokete played 50 games less than Xiao. Bu scored 16 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Xiao made 76 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yunchaokete | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 18/36 | 128/222 |
| %1st in | 50% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 76/128 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 51/94 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 54% |
Yunchaokete recorded 4 aces . Xiao struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Yunchaokete won 89% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Xiao won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yunchaokete | Xiao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 16/35 |
| % Converted | 45% | 46% |
| Conceded | 2 | 21 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 10 |
Yunchaokete broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Yunchaokete quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Linang broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. Linang conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yunchaokete | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-31 | 56-31 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 16/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Xiao | |||||
| Q1 Palan |
Q3 Cong |
R1 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 4-0 ret. | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 17 | 65 | |
| pts | 72-66 | 98-101 | 67-47 | 237-214 | |
| Total points | 138 | 199 | 114 | 451 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 21 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 36% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/74 | 61/93 | 31/55 | 128/222 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 66% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/36 | 35/61 | 21/31 | 76/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 57% | 68% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 18/32 | 12/24 | 51/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 6/12 | 6/9 | 16/35 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 67% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 40% | 157% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
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