Tung-Lin Wu and Ricardas Berankis will face off in the qualifications of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.54
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Tung-Lin Wu vs. Ricardas Berankis
There is no head to head record between Tung-Lin Wu and Ricardas Berankis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tung-Lin Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Govind Nanda 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-2 6-4). During the match, Wu scored 63 points vs Nanda’s 49. Tung-Lin was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Wu bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 58% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Wu broke Nanda 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Wu has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (228-188). 17-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Wu has an aggregate171-127 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Wu’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bakersfield and the Gwangju Challenger.
The Chinese has a compiled 17-17 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
28 - 17win/loss
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LWLWWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 13-10 | 5-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, Berankis got to the qualifications after defeating Matias Soto 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Soto, Berankis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Berankis scored less points (1) than Soto. In fact, the world no. 272 won 79 points vs Soto’s. That means that Berankis was more focused during the important points. Berankis was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Berankis scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ricardas Berankis was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Richard broke Soto 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Blois Challenger where he overcame Calvin Hemery in the final 7-6(4) 7-5.
The Lithuanian has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wu | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 63-49 | 79-80 |
| Total Points | 112 | 159 |
| Winners | 22 | 28 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Both Wu and Berankis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ricardas Berankis surrendered 1 set while Tung-Lin Wu hasn’t lost a set so far. Wu has played 1 set(s) less than Berankis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Wu played 8 games less than Berankis. Wu scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Berankis struck 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wu | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 39/81 |
| %1st in | 58% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 23/42 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 55% |
Wu managed to score 2 aces . Berankis recorded 3 aces . Wu won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wu | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Wu broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Richard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wu | |||
| Q1 Nanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/60 | 35/60 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Soto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 79-80 | 79-80 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/81 | 39/81 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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