Luca Nardi and Jie Cui will square off in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.101
Jie Cui -> 6.15

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Jie Cui

There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi

18 - 19win/loss

Hard
9-9
I Hard
0-1
Clay
8-5
Grass
1-4
Rank
110
High
70
WWLLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-27 13-14 8-5 6-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0
2020 9-9 7-2 1-2 1-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 90, Nardi will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(5) to Bautista-Agut in the 1st round on the 26th of August.

Nardi has an overall 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Naples Challenger where he beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 5-7 7-6(3) 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Luca has an overall 139-112 record. He has a positive 44-26 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Nardi has never competed in this tournament before.

Guangzhou Challenger
Nardi's Record

Jie Cui

Jie Cui

33 - 18win/loss

Hard
28-17
I Hard
0-0
Clay
5-1
Rank
350
High
327
LLWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-27 36-26 5-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 40-23 36-21 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 10-10 10-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 397, the Chinese will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 6-2 to Noguchi in the qualifications on the 2nd of September.

The Chinese has a composed 33-18 win-loss record in 2024, 28-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cui’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Anning.

In terms of his career, Jie has an overall 146-110 record. He has a positive 128-93 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Guangzhou Challenger
Cui's Record

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