Kris Van Wyk and Thomas Fancutt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kris Van Wyk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kris Van Wyk is the pick to win this match.
Kris Van Wyk -> 1.62
Thomas Fancutt -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Kris Van Wyk vs. Thomas Fancutt
There is no head to head record between Kris Van Wyk and Thomas Fancutt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58-36 | 57-35 | 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, Van Wyk got to the qualifications after defeating Kazuma Kawachi 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Kris had a good straight sets win against Kawachi (6-4 6-0). During the match, Van Wyk scored 59 points vs Kawachi’s 34. Kris was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Wyk managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kris Van Wyk was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Van Wyk was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kawachi 5 times.
Van Wyk has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (153-75). 46-26 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Wyk has a composed152-73 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Kris’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir and M15 Hillcrest.
Van Wyk has an aggregate 46-26 win-loss record in 2024, 46-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Van Wyk has never competed in this tournament before.
Thomas Fancutt
8 - 12win/loss
717
382
LWLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-18 | 8-10 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-20 | 18-17 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8-1 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-23 | 28-18 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-18 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 837, Thomas reached the qualifications after beating Wenfu Li 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Fancutt had a good straight sets win against Li (6-4 6-4). During the match Fancutt scored 75 points vs Li’s 58. Thomas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Fancutt struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Thomas Fancutt was very effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fancutt broke Li 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Fancutt has a compiled 8-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Wyk | Fancutt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-34 | 75-58 |
| Total Points | 93 | 133 |
| Winners | 20 | 26 |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% |
Both Van Wyk and Fancutt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Van Wyk and Fancutt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van Wyk played 4 games less than Fancutt. The South African scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Thomas struck 26 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Wyk | Fancutt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 53% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 18/30 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Van Wyk recorded 3 aces . Fancutt struck 4 aces . Van Wyk won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Fancutt won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Wyk | Fancutt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 33% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Van Wyk broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Van Wyk lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Thomas broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Kawachi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 59-34 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Fancutt | |||
| Q1 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 75-58 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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