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.
As 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
38 - 22win/loss
235
158
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Kris Van Wyk
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
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