Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yosuke Watanuki will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.87
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 2nd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yosuke Watanuki play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Watanuki won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Yokohama Challenger back in 2023.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
37 - 22win/loss
235
158
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Yibing Wu 6-7(5) 3-3 ret..
In the 1st round against Wu, the Chinese had a free pass after Wu retired on a 6-75 3-3 . scoreline.
Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (262-148). 35-18 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hsiou Hsu has a compiled230-112 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Yu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin and M25 Taipei.
The Chinese has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2024, 35-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-10 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, Yousuke got to the 2nd round after beating Rigele Te 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Te (6-4 7-5). During the match Watanuki scored 75 points vs Te’s 62. Watanuki was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki recorded 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was very effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yousuke broke Te 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Watanuki has an overall 2-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 69-76 | 75-62 |
| Total Points | 145 | 137 |
| Winners | 43 | 27 |
| %Winners | 62% | 36% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Watanuki played 1 match. At the moment, Yu Hsiou Hsu dropped 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 1 set more than Watanuki (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Hsiou Hsu played 3 games less than Watanuki. Hsiou Hsu scored 43 winners (62% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 13 |
| 1st in | 63/81 | 33/62 |
| %1st in | 78% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 43/63 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Hsiou Hsu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watanuki scored 13 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 82% 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 | Hsiou Hsu | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 4 |
| Converted | 0/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 0% | 67% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Chinese hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Chinese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 12 break points without even conceding a single break point. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Wu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 3-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-76 | 69-76 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 62% | 62% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 63/81 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 43/63 | 43/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/5 | 0/5 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 12/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Te | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 75-62 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (7-64 6-72 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kris Van WykVan Wyk – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction