H2H, prediction of Rio Noguchi vs Yibing Wu in Jinan Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 25th August 2024

PREVIEW. Jinan Challenger. Noguchi and Wu will face off in the final of the Jinan Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 25th of August

Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Yibing Wu

Rio Noguchi and Yibing Wu will fight against each other in the final of the Jinan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 am on CENTRE 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 Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.22
Rio Noguchi -> 3.98

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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Yibing Wu

There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rio Noguchi

Rio Noguchi
Rio Noguchi

30 - 22win/loss

Hard
25-15
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-4
Grass
4-3
Rank
298
High
201
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-31 36-22 1-4 0-2 4-3 0-0
2023 19-31 12-18 2-7 2-2 3-4 0-0
2022 54-22 41-10 9-9 0-1 4-2 0-0
2021 25-26 18-18 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 14-12 5-6 0-3 3-2 6-1 0-0

Ranked no. 333, the Japanese got to the final after beating Bogdan Bobrov 7-5 6-4, Aidan Mchugh 6-3 6-3, Woobin Shin 6-3 6-2 and Yuta Shimizu 7-6(4) 3-6 7-5.

In the semifinal, Noguchi defeated Shimizu (7-64 3-6 7-5). During the match, Noguchi scored 112 points vs Shimizu’s 109. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Noguchi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Rio Noguchi lost the serve 8 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 60% (46/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Shimizu 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rio has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Noguchi has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (318-218). 25-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Noguchi has an aggregate213-132 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Noguchi’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill.

Noguchi has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2024, 25-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

Noguchi has never competed in this tournament before.

Noguchi
Jinan Challenger
Noguchi's Record

Yibing Wu

Yibing Wu
Yibing Wu

7 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-1
Rank
407
High
54
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-5 7-4 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 18-17 5-7 3-5 9-1 1-4 0-0
2022 40-7 20-5 10-2 10-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 582, the Chinese reached the final after defeating Stefanos Sakellaridis 4-6 6-1 6-4, Tung-Lin Wu 7-5 7-5, Fajing Sun 6-3 6-2 and Keegan Smith 3-6 6-0 6-2.

In the semifinal against Smith, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 6-2). During the match Wu scored 78 points vs Smith’s 58. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Wu blasted 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yibing Wu was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Smith 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Wu has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Yibing’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Jinan Challenger.

Yibing has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Wu
Jinan Challenger
Wu's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Noguchi
Y.Wu
7h:02
7h:02
Time on court​
6h:35
6h:35
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
4
4
Match played
4
4
91
91
Games Played​
91
91
9
9
Set played​​
10
10
309
309
Total points​
299
299
77.3
77.3
Avg point​
74.8
74.8
130
130
Winners
127
127
32.5
32.5
Avg Winners​
31.8
31.8
42%
42%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
24
24
1.3
1.3
Avg Aces
6
6
6
6
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
130/179
130/179
1st won total​
127/181
127/181
!
73%
73%
1st won %
70%
70%
48/89
48/89
2nd won total​
58/105
58/105
54%
54%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
17/38
17/38
BP won
18/29
18/29
4.3/9.5
4.3/9.5
Avg BP won
4.5/7.3
4.5/7.3
45%
45%
Won
!
62%
62%
20
20
Conceded
22
22
5
5
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
10
10
Broken
7
7
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
1.8
1.8
10
10
Saved
15
15

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Noguchi Wu
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 10
Tot Games 91 91
Pts 309-249 299-251
Total Points 558 550
Winners 130 127
%Winners 42% 42%

Both Noguchi and Wu played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Rio Noguchi conceded 1 set, while Yibing Wu conceded 2 sets. Noguchi has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (9 vs 10). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (91). The Japanese scored 130 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Yibing struck 127 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Noguchi Wu
Aces 5 24
Avg per match 1.3 6
1st in 179/268 181/286
%1st in 67% 63%
1st pts 130/179 127/181
%1st pts 73% 70%
2nd pts 48/89 58/105
%2nd pts 54% 55%

Noguchi recorded 5 aces (1.3 per match). Wu managed to score 24 aces (6 per match). Noguchi won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 70% of the points behind 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 Noguchi Wu
Won 17 18
Converted 17/38 18/29
% Converted 45% 62%
Conceded 20 22
Saved 10 15
% Saved 50% 68%
Times Broken 10 7

The Japanese broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. Rio lost his serve 10 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Wu broke his opponents 18 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Noguchi
R1
Bobrov
R2
Mchugh
1/4
Shin
1/2
Shimizu
Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2 7-64 3-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 22 18 17 34 91
pts 75-60 67-46 55-34 112-109 309-249
Total points 135 113 89 221 558
Winners 36 22 26 46 130
%Winners 48% 33% 47% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2 1 5
Double Faults 1 1 1 3 6
1st in 45/63 27/46 30/45 77/114 179/268
% 1st in 71% 59% 67% 68% 67%
1st pts 36/45 22/27 26/30 46/77 130/179
% 1st pts 80% 81% 87% 60% 73%
2nd pts 10/18 14/19 8/15 16/37 48/89
% 2nd pts 56% 74% 53% 43% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 7 17
Converted 3/8 3/10 4/9 7/11 17/38
Converted % 38% 30% 44% 64% 45%
Conceded 5 0 1 14 20
Saved 4/5 0/0 0/1 6/14 10
Saved % 80% 0% 43% 31%
Times Broken 1 0 1 8 10
Wu
R1
Sakellaridis
R2
Wu
1/4
Sun
1/2
Smith
Total
Score 4-6 6-1 6-4 7-5 7-5 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-0 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 10
Tot Games 27 24 17 23 91
pts 83-77 78-67 60-49 78-58 299-251
Total points 160 145 109 136 550
Winners 39 32 24 32 127
%Winners 47% 41% 40% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 8 4 8 24
Double Faults 5 3 2 0 10
1st in 55/83 48/79 33/59 45/65 181/286
% 1st in 66% 61% 56% 69% 63%
1st pts 39/55 32/48 24/33 32/45 127/181
% 1st pts 71% 67% 73% 71% 70%
2nd pts 14/28 18/31 13/26 13/20 58/105
% 2nd pts 50% 58% 50% 65% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 5 18
Converted 4/10 5/8 4/5 5/6 18/29
Converted % 40% 63% 80% 83% 62%
Conceded 4 11 4 3 22
Saved 2/4 8/11 3/4 2/3 15
Saved % 50% 73% 75% 67% 66%
Times Broken 2 3 1 1 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Noguchi
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Wu
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2024 2023 2022
41 - 31
9 - 5
36-22
Hard
7-4
1-4
Clay
2-1
4-3
Grass
0-0
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