Bu Yunchaokete and Learner Tien will square off in the semifinal of the Chicago Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.8
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Learner Tien

This will be the 2^nd time that Bu Yunchaokete and Learner Tien fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Tien won 0-6 7-5 6-0 in the 2^nd round in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger back in July 2024.

Bu Yunchaokete

Ranked no. 147 (career-high), Yunchaokete reached the semifinal after defeating Michael Zheng 6-4 6-4, Paul Jubb 6-3 6-3 and Hugo Grenier 6-2 6-7(9) 6-1.

In the quarter, The Chinese defeated Grenier (6-2 6-7⁹ 6-1). During the match, Yunchaokete scored 109 points vs Grenier’s 88. Bu was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Yunchaokete bagged 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yunchaokete broke Grenier 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Yunchaokete has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (157-69). 27-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yunchaokete has a composed139-48 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Wuxi Challenger where he overcame Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Granby Challenger where he overcame Terence Atmane in the final 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.

Yunchaokete has a compiled 32-14 win-loss record in 2024, 27-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Yunchaokete has never competed in this tournament before.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 258 (career-high), Learner reached the semifinal after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4, Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 and Seong Chan Hong 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, Learner had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (6-3 6-1). During the match Tien scored 65 points vs Chan Hong’s 42. The American was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Tien scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was quite effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Chan Hong 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Learner has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Tien has an aggregate 32-3 win-loss record in 2024, 32-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Yunchaokete	Tien
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	66	67
Pts	233-183	231-182
Total Points	416	413
Winners	90	96
%Winners	39%	42%

Both Yunchaokete and Tien played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Bu Yunchaokete dropped 1 set, while Learner Tien dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yunchaokete and Tien have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Yunchaokete played 1 game less than Tien. The Chinese scored 90 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Tien managed to score 96 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Yunchaokete	Tien
Aces	22	12
Avg per match	7.3	4
1st in	118/206	125/202
%1st in	57%	62%
1st pts	90/118	96/125
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	53/88	47/77
%2nd pts	60%	61%

Yunchaokete recorded 22 aces (7.3 per match). Tien recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Yunchaokete won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Yunchaokete	Tien
Won	11	10
Converted	11/22	10/26
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	8	9
Saved	6	7
% Saved	75%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Yunchaokete broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bu conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Yunchaokete
	R1 Zheng	R2 Jubb	1/4 Grenier	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-79 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	18	28	66
pts	69-57	55-38	109-88	233-183
Total points	126	93	197	416
Winners	27	21	42	90
%Winners	39%	38%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	12	22
Double Faults	2	3	3	8
1st in	35/58	26/48	57/100	118/206
% 1st in	60%	54%	57%	57%
1st pts	27/35	21/26	42/57	90/118
% 1st pts	77%	81%	74%	76%
2nd pts	15/23	13/22	25/43	53/88
% 2nd pts	65%	59%	58%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	4	5	11
Converted	2/5	4/6	5/11	11/22
Converted %	40%	67%	45%	50%
Conceded	2	3	3	8
Saved	2/2	2/3	2/3	6
Saved %	100%	67%	67%	78%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tien
	R1 Bonzi	R2 Mayo	1/4 Chan Hong	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-74 6-3	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	31	16	67
pts	60-51	106-89	65-42	231-182
Total points	111	195	107	413
Winners	32	45	19	96
%Winners	53%	42%	29%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	1	12
Double Faults	1	5	2	8
1st in	41/54	60/98	24/50	125/202
% 1st in	76%	61%	48%	62%
1st pts	32/41	45/60	19/24	96/125
% 1st pts	78%	75%	79%	77%
2nd pts	8/13	23/38	16/26	47/77
% 2nd pts	62%	61%	62%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5	10
Converted	2/5	3/8	5/13	10/26
Converted %	40%	38%	38%	38%
Conceded	0	6	3	9
Saved	0/0	5/6	2/3	7
Saved %	–	83%	67%	50%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger

• Mac Kiger/Benjamin SigouinKiger/Benjamin Sigouin – Charles Broom/Jacob FearnleyBroom/Jacob Fearnley (2-6 6-3 12-10) – Stats, scores, rankings

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