Yue Yuan and Nao Hibino will square off in the 2nd round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Yue Yuan who should win in 2 sets.
Yue Yuan -> 1.4
Nao Hibino -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Yue Yuan vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 2nd time that Yue Yuan and Nao Hibino play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Hibino won 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Yue Yuan
30 - 26win/loss
45
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-26 | 25-16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-29 | 27-17 | 8-7 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 33-16 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 3-6 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, Yue reached the 2nd round after defeating Simona Halep 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yue had a good straight sets win against Halep (6-3 6-3). During the match, Yuan scored 65 points vs Halep’s 51. Yuan was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yuan was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Yue Yuan was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Yue broke Halep 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Yuan has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of her matches (258-185). 25-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Yuan has a compiled196-134 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Austin where she beat Xiyu Wang in the final 6-4 7-6(4).
Yuan has an aggregate 30-26 win-loss record in 2024, 25-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Nao Hibino
27 - 30win/loss
159
56
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-30 | 21-20 | 2-7 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 159, Nao reached the 2nd round after defeating Jia-Jing Lu 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Lu, Nao recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 7-5). During the match Hibino scored 118 points vs Lu’s 105. Nao was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Hibino bagged 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 69% of her first serves in, winning 61% (52/85) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (24/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Lu 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
The Japanese has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2024, 21-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yuan | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 |
| Pts | 65-51 | 118-105 |
| Total Points | 116 | 223 |
| Winners | 27 | 52 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Both Yuan and Hibino played 1 match. At the moment, Nao Hibino lost 1 set while Yue Yuan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Yuan has played 1 set(s) less than Hibino (2 vs 3). Therefore, Yuan played 16 games less than Hibino. Yue scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Nao made 52 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yuan | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 85/124 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 52/85 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 24/39 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 62% |
Yuan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hibino recorded 2 aces . Yuan won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yuan | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 83% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Chinese broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Yue dropped her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Nao conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.
| Yuan | |||
| R1 Halep | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hibino | |||
| R1 Lu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 118-105 | 118-105 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 85/124 | 85/124 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 52/85 | 52/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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