Rio Noguchi and Jie Cui will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm 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 Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.59
Jie Cui -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Jie Cui
This will be the 2nd time that Rio Noguchi and Jie Cui clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Noguchi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Noguchi won 0-6 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in August 2024.
Rio Noguchi
34 - 23win/loss
286
201
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-30 | 36-21 | 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. 302, Noguchi reached the qualifications after defeating Mirza Basic 6-7(6) 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications against Basic, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 6-0). During the match, Noguchi scored 107 points vs Basic’s 83. Rio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Noguchi managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rio Noguchi was very efficient on serve to win 72% (47/65) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Noguchi broke Basic 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Noguchi has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (321-220). 28-16 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Noguchi has a composed216-134 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill and the Jinan Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 33-23 win-loss record in 2024, 28-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 397, the Chinese reached the qualifications after defeating Linang Xiao 6-7(6) 6-2 ret..
In the qualifications against Xiao, Jie had a free pass after Xiao retired on a 6-76 6-2 . scoreline.
Cui’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Anning.
Jie has an overall 33-17 win-loss record in 2024, 28-16 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 |
| Pts | 107-83 | 88-75 |
| Total Points | 190 | 163 |
| Winners | 47 | 27 |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% |
Both Noguchi and Cui played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rio Noguchi dropped 1 set, while Jie Cui conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Cui have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Noguchi played 10 games more than Cui. The Japanese scored 47 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 27 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 65/94 | 35/64 |
| %1st in | 69% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Noguchi managed to score 5 aces . Cui managed to score 3 aces . Noguchi won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noguchi | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Noguchi broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Noguchi conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Jie broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Noguchi | |||
| Q1 Basic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 107-83 | 107-83 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/94 | 65/94 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 47/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cui | |||
| Q1 Xiao | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 88-75 | 88-75 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/64 | 35/64 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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