Yu Hsiou Hsu and Goncalo Oliveira will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.55
Goncalo Oliveira -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Goncalo Oliveira

This will be the 2^nd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Goncalo Oliveira clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Oliveira (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Oliveira won 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the 1^st round in the New Delhi Challenger back in February 2024.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 235, Yu reached the 2^nd round after beating Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 81 points vs Watanuki’s 60. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hsiou Hsu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hsiou Hsu broke Watanuki 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Hsiou Hsu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (266-154). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a compiled7-12 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

Hsiou Hsu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin,M25 Taipei and the Shanghai Challenger.

Yu has a compiled 41-28 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger

Goncalo Oliveira

Ranked no. 277, the Portuguese got to the 2^nd round after beating Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 6-7(6) 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese defeated Wu (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-0). During the match Oliveira scored 120 points vs Wu’s 104. Oliveira was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Oliveira fired 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Goncalo Oliveira lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Oliveira put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the 2nd serve. Oliveira broke Wu 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Goncalo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Brazzaville and M25 Sapporo.

The Portuguese has a composed 35-28 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hsiou Hsu	Oliveira
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	29
Pts	81-60	120-104
Total Points	141	224
Winners	28	43
%Winners	35%	36%

Both Hsiou Hsu and Oliveira played 1 match. At the moment, Goncalo Oliveira dropped 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t lost a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 1 set(s) less than Oliveira (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 10 games less than Oliveira. Yu scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Oliveira fired 43 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hsiou Hsu	Oliveira
Aces	4	12
Avg per match	4	12
1st in	34/57	61/106
%1st in	60%	58%
1st pts	28/34	43/61
%1st pts	82%	70%
2nd pts	14/23	26/45
%2nd pts	61%	58%

Hsiou Hsu recorded 4 aces . Oliveira recorded 12 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Oliveira won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hsiou Hsu	Oliveira
Won	3	5
Converted	3/11	5/16
% Converted	27%	31%
Conceded	3	12
Saved	2	11
% Saved	67%	92%
Times Broken	1	1

The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Goncalo conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
	R1 Watanuki	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	81-60	81-60
Total points	141	141
Winners	28	28
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	34/57	34/57
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	28/34	28/34
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	14/23	14/23
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Oliveira
	R1 Wu	Total
Score	6-4 6-76 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	120-104	120-104
Total points	224	224
Winners	43	43
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	61/106	61/106
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	43/61	43/61
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	26/45	26/45
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	11/12	11
Saved %	92%	92%
Times Broken	1	1

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