H2H, prediction of Yu Hsiou Hsu vs Kris Van Wyk in Shanghai Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 6th September 2024

PREVIEW. Shanghai Challenger. Hsiou Hsu and Van Wyk will clash against each other in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 6th of September

Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Kris Van Wyk

Yu Hsiou Hsu and Kris Van Wyk will play each other in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.3
Kris Van Wyk -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Kris Van Wyk

There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Kris Van Wyk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Yu Hsiou Hsu
Yu Hsiou Hsu

38 - 22win/loss

Hard
36-18
I Hard
2-2
Grass
0-2
Rank
235
High
158
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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, Yu got to the quarter after beating Yibing Wu 6-7(5) 3-3 ret. and Yosuke Watanuki 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret..

In the 2nd round against Watanuki, Yu had a free pass after Watanuki retired on a 2-6 6-4 4-0 . scoreline.

Hsiou Hsu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (263-148). 36-18 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a composed231-112 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Hsiou Hsu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin and M25 Taipei.

Hsiou Hsu has an overall 38-22 win-loss record in 2024, 36-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Yu has never competed in this tournament before.

Hsiou Hsu
Shanghai Challenger
Hsiou Hsu's Record

Kris Van Wyk

Kris Van Wyk
Kris Van Wyk

45 - 25win/loss

Hard
45-25
I Hard
0-0
Rank
367
High
352
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 57-35 56-34 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 55-32 54-30 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 52-17 52-17 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 405, Kris got to the quarter after defeating Charles Chen 6-4 6-1, Lukas Pokorny 6-3 7-5, Cristian Garin 6-3 6-1 and Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Van Wyk had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-4 6-4). During the match Van Wyk scored 67 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 56. Kris was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Van Wyk struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kris broke Agustin Gomez 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van Wyk started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

The South African’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir and M15 Hillcrest.

Kris has an aggregate 45-25 win-loss record in 2024, 45-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Van Wyk
Shanghai Challenger
Van Wyk's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Hsiou Hsu
K.Van Wyk
3h:44
3h:44
Time on court​
!
7h:10
7h:10
1h:44
1h:44
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
41
41
Games Played​
74
74
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
143
143
Total points​
270
270
71.5
71.5
Avg point​
67.5
67.5
74
74
Winners
100
100
37
37
Avg Winners​
25
25
52%
52%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
21
21
5
5
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
2
2
Double Faults
10
10
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
74/108
74/108
1st won total​
100/132
100/132
69%
69%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
15/31
15/31
2nd won total​
50/94
50/94
48%
48%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
BP won
17/33
17/33
2.5/7
2.5/7
Avg BP won
4.3/8.3
4.3/8.3
36%
36%
Won
!
52%
52%
16
16
Conceded
11
11
8
8
Avg Conceded
2.8
2.8
4
4
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
12
12
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Hsiou Hsu Van Wyk
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 41 74
Pts 143-130 270-206
Total Points 273 476
Winners 74 100
%Winners 52% 37%

Hsiou Hsu played 2 matches while Van Wyk competed in 4 matches. Van Wyk started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou Hsu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yu Hsiou Hsu lost 2 sets while Kris Van Wyk hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 1 set(s) less than Van Wyk (7 vs 8). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 33 games less than Van Wyk. The Chinese scored 74 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Van Wyk managed to score 100 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Hsiou Hsu Van Wyk
Aces 10 21
Avg per match 5 5.3
1st in 108/139 132/226
%1st in 78% 58%
1st pts 74/108 100/132
%1st pts 69% 76%
2nd pts 15/31 50/94
%2nd pts 48% 53%

Hsiou Hsu bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Van Wyk bagged 21 aces (5.3 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Van Wyk won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Hsiou Hsu Van Wyk
Won 5 17
Converted 5/14 17/33
% Converted 36% 52%
Conceded 16 11
Saved 12 5
% Saved 75% 45%
Times Broken 4 6

The Chinese broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The South African broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Van Wyk conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
R1
Wu
R2
Watanuki
Total
Score 6-75 3-3 ret. 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 22 41
pts 69-76 74-54 143-130
Total points 145 128 273
Winners 43 31 74
%Winners 62% 42% 52%
SERVE
Aces 0 10 10
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 63/81 45/58 108/139
% 1st in 78% 78% 78%
1st pts 43/63 31/45 74/108
% 1st pts 68% 69% 69%
2nd pts 9/18 6/13 15/31
% 2nd pts 50% 46% 48%
Breaks
Won 0 5 5
Converted 0/5 5/9 5/14
Converted % 0% 56% 36%
Conceded 12 4 16
Saved 12/12 0/4 12
Saved % 100% 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 4 4
Van Wyk
Q1
Chen
Q3
Pokorny
R1
Garin
R2
Agustin Gomez
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-3 7-5 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 17 21 16 20 74
pts 65-45 77-63 61-42 67-56 270-206
Total points 110 140 103 123 476
Winners 22 29 24 25 100
%Winners 34% 38% 39% 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 8 5 2 21
Double Faults 3 2 1 4 10
1st in 29/55 38/67 32/52 33/52 132/226
% 1st in 53% 57% 62% 63% 58%
1st pts 22/29 29/38 24/32 25/33 100/132
% 1st pts 76% 76% 75% 76% 76%
2nd pts 15/26 15/29 10/20 10/19 50/94
% 2nd pts 58% 52% 50% 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 4 5 4 17
Converted 4/7 4/10 5/8 4/8 17/33
Converted % 57% 40% 63% 50% 52%
Conceded 4 3 2 2 11
Saved 3/4 1/3 1/2 0/2 5
Saved % 75% 33% 50% 0% 79%
Times Broken 1 2 1 2 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Hsiou Hsu
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Van Wyk
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2024 2023 2022
42 - 29
57 - 35
38-25
Hard
56-34
4-2
I Hard
1-1
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