Tung-Lin Wu and Alexey Zakharov will face off in the 2^nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tung-Lin Wu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tung-Lin Wu is the pick to win this match.
Tung-Lin Wu -> 1.42
Alexey Zakharov -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Tung-Lin Wu vs. Alexey Zakharov

There is no head to head record between Tung-Lin Wu and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tung-Lin Wu

Ranked no. 241, Tung-Lin got to the 2^nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 4-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Bellucci, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Wu scored 92 points vs Bellucci’s 86. Wu was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Wu scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (34/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Bellucci 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Wu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (246-197). 32-23 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wu has a compiled186-134 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Wu has an overall 35-26 win-loss record in 2024, 32-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Alexey Zakharov

Ranked no. 311, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rio Noguchi 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-4 6-4). During the match Zakharov scored 63 points vs Noguchi’s 55. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Zakharov scored 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexey Zakharov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zakharov broke Noguchi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Alexey’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Amersfoort Challenger and M25 Hong Kong.

Zakharov has a compiled 39-25 win-loss record in 2024, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Wu	Zakharov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	20
Pts	92-86	63-55
Total Points	178	118
Winners	34	30
%Winners	37%	48%

Both Wu and Zakharov played 1 match. At the moment, Tung-Lin Wu dropped 1 set while Alexey Zakharov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Wu has played 1 set more than Zakharov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Wu played 9 games more than Zakharov. Tung-Lin scored 34 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 30 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Wu	Zakharov
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	54/84	38/59
%1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	34/54	30/38
%1st pts	63%	79%
2nd pts	16/30	13/21
%2nd pts	53%	62%

Wu bagged 2 aces . Zakharov recorded 5 aces . Wu won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 79% of the points on 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	Wu	Zakharov
Won	5	2
Converted	5/12	2/4
% Converted	42%	50%
Conceded	6	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	33%	0%
Times Broken	4	0

Wu broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Chinese dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Zakharov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Wu
	R1 Bellucci	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	92-86	92-86
Total points	178	178
Winners	34	34
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	54/84	54/84
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	34/54	34/54
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	16/30	16/30
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	2/6	2
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	4	4

Zakharov
	R1 Noguchi	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	63-55	63-55
Total points	118	118
Winners	30	30
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/59	38/59
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	30/38	30/38
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger

• James McCabeMcCabe – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6¹ 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander BlockxBlockx (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alex BoltBolt (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Lennon Roark JonesRoark Jones (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction