Yan Bai and Saba Purtseladze will fight against each other in the quarter of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Yan Bai who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.33
Saba Purtseladze -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Yan Bai vs. Saba Purtseladze

There is no head to head record between Yan Bai and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Yan Bai

Ranked no. 280, Yan got to the quarter after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-2 6-4). During the match, Bai scored 60 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 45. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bai bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yan Bai was quite effective on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yan broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Bai has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (299-154). 41-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bai has an overall 240-115 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Bai’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Hinode,M25 Anning,M25 Luzhou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.

Yan has an overall 45-17 win-loss record in 2024, 41-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger

Saba Purtseladze

Ranked no. 426, Purtseladze reached the quarter after beating Xing Dao Chen 6-3 6-1 and Billy Harris 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, Saba had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Purtseladze scored 66 points vs Harris’s 61. Saba was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Purtseladze fired 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Saba Purtseladze was quite effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Purtseladze broke Harris once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Saba hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Saba’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and the Astana Challenger.

Saba has an aggregate 35-30 win-loss record in 2024, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bai	Purtseladze
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	45	39
Pts	144-117	128-100
Total Points	261	228
Winners	49	59
%Winners	34%	46%

Both Bai and Purtseladze played 2 matches. At the moment, Yan Bai lost 1 set while Saba Purtseladze hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bai has played 1 set more than Purtseladze (5 vs 4). Therefore, Bai played 6 games more than Purtseladze. The Chinese scored 49 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Saba struck 59 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bai	Purtseladze
Aces	14	19
Avg per match	7	9.5
1st in	69/124	72/111
%1st in	56%	65%
1st pts	49/69	59/72
%1st pts	71%	82%
2nd pts	34/55	28/39
%2nd pts	62%	72%

Bai made 14 aces (7 per match). Purtseladze made 19 aces (9.5 per match). Bai won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bai	Purtseladze
Won	9	5
Converted	9/13	5/11
% Converted	69%	45%
Conceded	7	6
Saved	3	6
% Saved	43%	100%
Times Broken	4	0

Yan broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Purtseladze broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Saba was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Bai
	R1 Hsiou	R2 Kumar Mukund	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-2	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	18	45
pts	84-72	60-45	144-117
Total points	156	105	261
Winners	29	20	49
%Winners	35%	33%	34%
SERVE
Aces	11	3	14
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	42/73	27/51	69/124
% 1st in	58%	53%	56%
1st pts	29/42	20/27	49/69
% 1st pts	69%	74%	71%
2nd pts	19/31	15/24	34/55
% 2nd pts	61%	63%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/6	4/7	9/13
Converted %	83%	57%	69%
Conceded	6	1	7
Saved	3/6	0/1	3
Saved %	50%	0%	25%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Purtseladze
	R1 Dao	R2 Harris	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	23	39
pts	62-39	66-61	128-100
Total points	101	127	228
Winners	24	35	59
%Winners	39%	53%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	11	19
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	30/48	42/63	72/111
% 1st in	63%	67%	65%
1st pts	24/30	35/42	59/72
% 1st pts	80%	83%	82%
2nd pts	12/18	16/21	28/39
% 2nd pts	67%	76%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	1	5
Converted	4/8	1/3	5/11
Converted %	50%	33%	45%
Conceded	4	2	6
Saved	4/4	2/2	6
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

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