Seong Chan Hong and Yu Hsiou Hsu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.83
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-24 | 21-19 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-12 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 4-7 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 9-7 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, Chan Hong got to the quarter after defeating Moez Echargui 7-67 6-2 and Blake Ellis 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Seong had a good straight sets win against Ellis (6-2 6-2). During the match, Chan Hong scored 59 points vs Ellis’s 39. Chan Hong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Chan Hong broke Ellis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chan Hong hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (242-141). 24-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has an aggregate 211-104 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Chan Hong’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
The Korean has an aggregate 24-13 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Seong has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, Hsiou Hsu got to the quarter after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-65 6-3 and Rio Noguchi 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-1 6-4). During the match Hsiou Hsu scored 65 points vs Noguchi’s 44. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsiou Hsu fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 75% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Noguchi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Yu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa.
Hsiou Hsu has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Hsiou Hsu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 39 |
| Pts | 137-105 | 143-113 |
| Total Points | 242 | 256 |
| Winners | 55 | 60 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Chan Hong and Hsiou Hsu played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Hsiou Hsu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Chan Hong played 2 games less than Hsiou Hsu. Chan Hong scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 60 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Hsiou Hsu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 81/129 | 86/121 |
| %1st in | 63% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 55/81 | 60/86 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Chan Hong managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Hsiou Hsu managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Chan Hong won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou Hsu won 70% of the points behind 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 | Chan Hong | Hsiou Hsu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 57% | 40% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 78% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Seong broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | ||||
| R1 Echargui | R2 Ellis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 37 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 59-39 | 137-105 | |
| Total points | 144 | 98 | 242 | |
| Winners | 31 | 24 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 35/55 | 81/129 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 24/35 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 13/20 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 65% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hsiou Hsu | ||||
| R1 Uchiyama | R2 Noguchi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 65-44 | 143-113 | |
| Total points | 147 | 109 | 256 | |
| Winners | 33 | 27 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 39/52 | 86/121 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 75% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 27/39 | 60/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 6/13 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/11 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 45% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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