Li Tu and Saba Purtseladze will face off in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 2 sets.
Li Tu -> 1.161
Saba Purtseladze -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Li Tu
31 - 22win/loss
174
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189, Li will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-1 7-6(4) to Giron in the 1st round on the 3rd of October.
Tu has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 26-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Tu has an overall 160-87 record. He has a positive 117-55 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Saba Purtseladze
35 - 31win/loss
441
395
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-34 | 25-20 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 395 (career-high), Saba will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 7-5 5-2 ret. to Bai in the quarter on the 18th of October.
Saba has an overall 35-31 win-loss record in 2024, 25-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Purtseladze’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and the Astana Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Georgean has an overall 155-145 record. He has a positive 126-90 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Purtseladze has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dane SweenySweeny – Blake EllisEllis (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Li TuTu – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake MottMott – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction