Yu Hsiou Hsu and Illya Marchenko will square off in the semifinal of the Taipei Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.41
Illya Marchenko -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Illya Marchenko

There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Illya Marchenko since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Yu Hsiou Hsu

18 - 12win/loss

Hard
16-10
I Hard
2-2
Rank
221
High
158
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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
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Ranked no. 235, the Chinese reached the semifinal after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-65 6-3, Rio Noguchi 6-1 6-4 and Seong Chan Hong 6-4 4-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Hsiou Hsu defeated Chan Hong (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 84 points vs Chan Hong’s 70. Hsiou Hsu was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 76% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Chan Hong 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Hsiou Hsu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (243-138). 16-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hsiou Hsu has an overall211-104 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa.

Yu has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Taipei Challenger
Hsiou Hsu's Record

Illya Marchenko

Illya Marchenko

7 - 12win/loss

Hard
5-8
I Hard
2-4
Rank
496
High
49
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 8-22 6-13 0-1 2-6 0-2 0-0
2023 42-22 17-5 6-6 18-10 1-1 0-0
2022 21-25 9-10 3-4 8-9 1-2 0-0
2021 37-28 5-7 2-5 26-12 4-4 0-0
2020 15-14 0-3 0-2 15-8 0-0 0-1
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Ranked no. 242, the Ukrainian reached the semifinal after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 7-64, Evgeny Donskoy 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Max Purcell 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Purcell (6-4 6-3). During the match Marchenko scored 60 points vs Purcell’s 48. Marchenko was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Marchenko recorded 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Illya Marchenko was extremely efficient on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Illya broke Purcell twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marchenko has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 7-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Taipei Challenger
Marchenko's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Hsiou Hsu
I.Marchenko
5h:24
5h:24
Time on court​
4h:54
4h:54
!
2h:11
2h:11
Last match​
1h:09
1h:09
3
3
Match played
3
3
66
66
Games Played​
69
69
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
227
227
Total points​
228
228
75.7
75.7
Avg point​
76
76
103
103
Winners
93
93
34.3
34.3
Avg Winners​
31
31
45%
45%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
23
23
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
7.7
7.7
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
103/153
103/153
1st won total​
93/123
93/123
67%
67%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
32/56
32/56
2nd won total​
50/78
50/78
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
13/27
13/27
BP won
8/22
8/22
4.3/9
4.3/9
Avg BP won
2.7/7.3
2.7/7.3
48%
48%
Won
36%
36%
12
12
Conceded
11
11
4
4
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
6
6
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hsiou Hsu Marchenko
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 66 69
Pts 227-183 228-189
Total Points 410 417
Winners 103 93
%Winners 45% 41%

Both Hsiou Hsu and Marchenko played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost 1 set, while Illya Marchenko surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hsiou Hsu and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Hsiou Hsu played 3 games less than Marchenko. Yu scored 103 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko blasted 93 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hsiou Hsu Marchenko
Aces 10 23
Avg per match 3.3 7.7
1st in 153/209 123/201
%1st in 73% 61%
1st pts 103/153 93/123
%1st pts 67% 76%
2nd pts 32/56 50/78
%2nd pts 57% 64%

Hsiou Hsu made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Marchenko struck 23 aces (7.7 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hsiou Hsu Marchenko
Won 13 8
Converted 13/27 8/22
% Converted 48% 36%
Conceded 12 11
Saved 6 8
% Saved 50% 73%
Times Broken 6 3

The Chinese broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Marchenko broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Illya conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
R1
Uchiyama		 R2
Noguchi 		1/4
Chan Hong		 Total
Score 7-65 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 22 17 27 66
pts 78-69 65-44 84-70 227-183
Total points 147 109 154 410
Winners 33 27 43 103
%Winners 42% 42% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 3 10
Double Faults 2 1 0 3
1st in 47/69 39/52 67/88 153/209
% 1st in 68% 75% 76% 73%
1st pts 33/47 27/39 43/67 103/153
% 1st pts 70% 69% 64% 67%
2nd pts 14/22 6/13 12/21 32/56
% 2nd pts 64% 46% 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 5 5 13
Converted 3/9 5/11 5/7 13/27
Converted % 33% 45% 71% 48%
Conceded 3 2 7 12
Saved 2/3 0/2 4/7 6
Saved % 67% 0% 57% 41%
Times Broken 1 2 3 6
Marchenko
R1
Moriya		 R2
Donskoy		 1/4
Purcell		 Total
Score 6-3 7-64 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 22 28 19 69
pts 77-63 91-78 60-48 228-189
Total points 140 169 108 417
Winners 25 38 30 93
%Winners 32% 42% 50% 41%
SERVE
Aces 4 9 10 23
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 42/75 48/75 33/51 123/201
% 1st in 56% 64% 65% 61%
1st pts 25/42 38/48 30/33 93/123
% 1st pts 60% 79% 91% 76%
2nd pts 23/33 17/27 10/18 50/78
% 2nd pts 70% 63% 56% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 2 2 8
Converted 4/6 2/7 2/9 8/22
Converted % 67% 29% 22% 36%
Conceded 8 3 0 11
Saved 6/8 2/3 0/0 8
Saved % 75% 67% – 47%
Times Broken 2 1 0 3

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

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