Rio Noguchi and Jie Cui will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.69
Jie Cui -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Jie Cui

There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rio Noguchi

Ranked no. 302, Noguchi got to the 2^nd round after beating Mikalai Haliak 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Haliak (6-3 6-3). During the match, Noguchi scored 64 points vs Haliak’s 46. Noguchi was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Noguchi scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Rio Noguchi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 77% of his first serves in, winning 59% (24/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. Noguchi broke Haliak 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Noguchi has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (319-219). 26-15 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Noguchi has a composed214-133 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Rio’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Swan Hill and the Jinan Challenger.

Rio has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Jie Cui

Ranked no. 397, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4). During the match Cui scored 82 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 73. Jie was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Cui bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jie Cui lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cui put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Jie broke Hsiou Hsu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Cui’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Anning.

Jie has an overall 32-16 win-loss record in 2024, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Noguchi	Cui
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	20
Pts	64-46	82-73
Total Points	110	155
Winners	24	30
%Winners	38%	37%

Both Noguchi and Cui played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Cui have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Noguchi played 2 games less than Cui. Noguchi scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jie struck 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Noguchi	Cui
Aces	1	3
Avg per match	1	3
1st in	41/53	44/81
%1st in	77%	54%
1st pts	24/41	30/44
%1st pts	59%	68%
2nd pts	7/12	17/37
%2nd pts	58%	46%

Noguchi struck 1 ace . Cui also bagged 3 aces . Noguchi won 59% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Noguchi	Cui
Won	6	5
Converted	6/10	5/10
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	2	4
% Saved	40%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Rio broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Noguchi lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Jie broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jie conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Noguchi
	R1 Haliak	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-46	64-46
Total points	110	110
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	41/53	41/53
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	24/41	24/41
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	7/12	7/12
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Cui
	R1 Hsiou	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	82-73	82-73
Total points	155	155
Winners	30	30
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	44/81	44/81
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	30/44	30/44
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	17/37	17/37
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger

• Jie CuiCui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Yibing WuWu (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Sheng TangTang – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (4-6 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Lukas PokornyPokorny (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor AgafonovAgafonov (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Yi ZhouZhou (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Philip HenningHenning (4-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7(5) 6-0) – See score progression
• Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yan BaiBai – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jie CuiCui – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sheng TangTang – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction