Yu Hsiou Hsu and Norbert Gombos will face off in the semifinal of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.71
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Norbert Gombos

There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 183, Yu reached the semifinal after beating Yibing Wu 6-7(5) 3-3 ret., Yosuke Watanuki 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret. and Kris Van Wyk 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Hsiou Hsu defeated Van Wyk (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-2). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 95 points vs Van Wyk’s 89. Yu was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (42/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Van Wyk twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (264-148). 37-18 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hsiou Hsu has an aggregate232-112 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Yu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin and M25 Taipei.

Hsiou Hsu has a compiled 39-22 win-loss record in 2024, 37-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Hsiou Hsu has never competed in this tournament before.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 584, Norbert reached the semifinal after defeating Philip Henning 3-6 6-1 7-5, Federico Agustin Gomez 6-2 6-4, Paul Jubb 6-4 6-2, Marc Polmans 6-4 6-2 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the quarter against Kachmazov, Norbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 7-6³ 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 106 points vs Kachmazov’s 96. Gombos was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Gombos fired 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Norbert broke Kachmazov twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gombos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Gombos’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

The Slovakian has a composed 23-17 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hsiou Hsu	Gombos
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	10	12
Tot Games	70	118
Pts	238-219	381-306
Total Points	457	687
Winners	116	172
%Winners	49%	45%

Hsiou Hsu played 3 matches while Gombos competed in 5 matches. Gombos started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou Hsu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yu Hsiou Hsu dropped 3 sets, while Norbert Gombos dropped 2 sets. Hsiou Hsu has played 2 set(s) less than Gombos (10 vs 12). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 48 games less than Gombos. The Chinese scored 116 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert fired 172 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hsiou Hsu	Gombos
Aces	12	42
Avg per match	4	8.4
1st in	164/225	219/336
%1st in	73%	65%
1st pts	116/164	172/219
%1st pts	71%	79%
2nd pts	30/61	76/117
%2nd pts	49%	65%

Hsiou Hsu made 12 aces (4 per match). Gombos made 42 aces (8.4 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hsiou Hsu	Gombos
Won	7	15
Converted	7/23	15/29
% Converted	30%	52%
Conceded	20	12
Saved	14	9
% Saved	70%	75%
Times Broken	6	3

Hsiou Hsu broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu lost his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Norbert broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
	R1 Wu	R2 Watanuki	1/4 Van Wyk	Total
Score	6-75 3-3 ret.	2-6 6-4 4-0 ret.	7-64 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	22	29	70
pts	69-76	74-54	95-89	238-219
Total points	145	128	184	457
Winners	43	31	42	116
%Winners	62%	42%	44%	49%
SERVE
Aces	0	10	2	12
Double Faults	1	1	5	7
1st in	63/81	45/58	56/86	164/225
% 1st in	78%	78%	65%	73%
1st pts	43/63	31/45	42/56	116/164
% 1st pts	68%	69%	75%	71%
2nd pts	9/18	6/13	15/30	30/61
% 2nd pts	50%	46%	50%	49%
Breaks
Won	0	5	2	7
Converted	0/5	5/9	2/9	7/23
Converted %	0%	56%	22%	30%
Conceded	12	4	4	20
Saved	12/12	0/4	2/4	14
Saved %	100%	0%	50%	50%
Times Broken	0	4	2	6

Gombos
	Q1 Henning	Q3 Agustin	R1 Jubb	R2 Polmans	1/4 Kachmazov	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 7-5	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2	6-72 7-63 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	3	12
Tot Games	28	18	18	18	36	118
pts	84-67	62-53	67-50	62-40	106-96	381-306
Total points	151	115	117	102	202	687
Winners	36	27	32	26	51	172
%Winners	43%	44%	48%	42%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	3	6	18	42
Double Faults	0	0	1	2	2	5
1st in	44/70	39/62	41/65	29/46	66/93	219/336
% 1st in	63%	63%	63%	63%	71%	65%
1st pts	36/44	27/39	32/41	26/29	51/66	172/219
% 1st pts	82%	69%	78%	90%	77%	79%
2nd pts	17/26	15/23	13/24	11/17	20/27	76/117
% 2nd pts	65%	65%	54%	65%	74%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	3	2	15
Converted	4/11	3/4	3/7	3/4	2/3	15/29
Converted %	36%	75%	43%	75%	67%	52%
Conceded	3	2	4	1	2	12
Saved	1/3	2/2	4/4	1/1	1/2	9
Saved %	33%	100%	100%	100%	50%	128%
Times Broken	2	0	0	0	1	3

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

• Norbert GombosGombos – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-7² 7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction