Arthur Cazaux and Yan Bai will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 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 Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.25
Yan Bai -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Yan Bai
There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Yan Bai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Arthur Cazaux
26 - 21win/loss
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WWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 25-15 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-29 | 31-13 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 14-3 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-19 | 16-4 | 22-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 9-3 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
Ranked no. 87, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Yaojie Zeng 6-3 6-2, Tianhui Zhang 7-6(5) 6-1 and Arthur Weber 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-1 6-3). During the match, Cazaux scored 60 points vs Weber’s 42. Arthur was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cazaux scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Cazaux lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cazaux put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (15/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Weber 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Arthur hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Cazaux has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (166-99). 24-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cazaux has a compiled99-39 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.
Cazaux has a composed 26-21 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-21 | 47-19 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, Yan reached the semifinal after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 3-6 6-2, Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 6-4 and Saba Purtseladze 7-5 5-2 ret..
In the quarter against Purtseladze, the Chinese had a free pass after Purtseladze retired on a 7-5 5-2 . scoreline.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Hinode,M25 Anning,M25 Luzhou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.
The Chinese has an overall 46-17 win-loss record in 2024, 42-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cazaux | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 64 |
| Pts | 193-131 | 205-167 |
| Total Points | 324 | 372 |
| Winners | 69 | 76 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Cazaux and Bai played 3 matches. At the moment, Yan Bai dropped 1 set while Arthur Cazaux hasn’t lost a set so far. Cazaux has played 2 set(s) less than Bai (6 vs 8). Therefore, Cazaux played 11 games less than Bai. Cazaux scored 69 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 76 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cazaux | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 83/148 | 108/182 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 69/83 | 76/108 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 37/65 | 46/74 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 62% |
Cazaux struck 17 aces (5.7 per match). Bai scored 19 aces (6.3 per match). Cazaux won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bai won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cazaux | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 13 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 13/18 |
| % Converted | 48% | 72% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Cazaux broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bai broke his opponents 13 times with a 72% conversion rate. Bai conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cazaux | |||||
| R1 Zeng |
R2 Zhang |
1/4 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-65 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 16 | 53 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 76-56 | 60-42 | 193-131 | |
| Total points | 90 | 132 | 102 | 324 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 15 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 25% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 37/64 | 22/41 | 83/148 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 32/37 | 15/22 | 69/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 86% | 68% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 15/27 | 10/19 | 37/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/6 | 6/13 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 46% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/5 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 33% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bai | |||||
| R1 Hsiou |
R2 Kumar Mukund |
1/4 Purtseladze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 5-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 60-45 | 61-50 | 205-167 | |
| Total points | 156 | 105 | 111 | 372 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 27 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% | 44% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/73 | 27/51 | 39/58 | 108/182 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 67% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 20/27 | 27/39 | 76/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 15/24 | 12/19 | 46/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 63% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/7 | 4/5 | 13/18 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 57% | 80% | 72% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 50% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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