Li Tu and Alex Bolt will square off in the qualifications of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.51
Li Tu -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 3^rd time that Li Tu and Alex Bolt square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they locked horns, Tu won 6-4 6-2 in the final in M25 Traralgon back in March 2024.

Li Tu

Ranked no. 205, Tu reached the qualifications after defeating Hamish Stewart 6-1 7-6⁶.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Stewart (6-1 7-6⁶). During the match, Tu scored 79 points vs Stewart’s 65. Tu was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tu recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Li Tu lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Stewart 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Tu has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (145-77). 1-1 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tu has an overall7-6 record in the last 5 years on grass.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon.

The Australian has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

Tu has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 241, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Blake Mott 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Mott (6-1 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 71 points vs Mott’s 50. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Bolt recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bolt put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Bolt broke Mott 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura and M25 Swan Hill.

Bolt has an overall 31-12 win-loss record in 2024, 12-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tu	Bolt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	17
Pts	79-65	71-50
Total Points	144	121
Winners	42	30
%Winners	53%	42%

Both Tu and Bolt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tu and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tu played 3 games more than Bolt. Li scored 42 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Alex struck 30 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tu	Bolt
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	3	5
1st in	61/77	45/61
%1st in	79%	74%
1st pts	42/61	30/45
%1st pts	69%	67%
2nd pts	6/16	10/16
%2nd pts	38%	63%

Tu managed to score 3 aces . Bolt blasted 5 aces . Tu won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tu	Bolt
Won	3	4
Converted	3/8	4/6
% Converted	38%	67%
Conceded	9	7
Saved	8	6
% Saved	89%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Li broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tu surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Tu
	Q1 Stewart	Total
Score	6-1 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	79-65	79-65
Total points	144	144
Winners	42	42
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	61/77	61/77
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	42/61	42/61
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	6/16	6/16
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Bolt
	Q1 Mott	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	71-50	71-50
Total points	121	121
Winners	30	30
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	45/61	45/61
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	30/45	30/45
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

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