Jie Cui and Marat Sharipov will square off in the semifinal of the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT B. 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 Marat Sharipov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marat Sharipov is the pick to win this match.
Marat Sharipov -> 1.86
Jie Cui -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Jie Cui vs. Marat Sharipov

There is no head to head record between Jie Cui and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jie Cui

Ranked no. 349, the Chinese reached the semifinal after beating Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6-4 6-2, Francesco Maestrelli 6-4 6-2 and Daniel Michalski 2-6 6-3 7-6(4)

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In the quarter against Michalski, Cui recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-6⁴).During the match, Cui scored less points (3) than Michalski. In fact, the world no. 349 won 93 points vs Michalski’s. That means that Cui was more focused during the important points. Cui was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cui couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jie Cui lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cui put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (48/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Michalski 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jie has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Cui has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (158-120). 4-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cui has a composed140-103 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Chinese has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Marat Sharipov

Ranked no. 363, the Russian reached the semifinal after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-3 6-4, Aslan Karatsev 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 and Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 4-6 6-2.

In the quarter, Sharipov defeated Takahashi (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Sharipov scored 89 points vs Takahashi’s 79. Sharipov was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Sharipov struck 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marat Sharipov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sharipov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (47/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (11/32) on the 2nd serve. Sharipov broke Takahashi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sharipov has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Sharipov has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cui	Sharipov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	66	81
Pts	223-188	267-226
Total Points	411	493
Winners	104	120
%Winners	47%	45%

Both Cui and Sharipov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jie Cui dropped 1 set, while Marat Sharipov surrendered 2 sets. Cui has played 1 set(s) less than Sharipov (7 vs 8). Therefore, Cui played 15 games less than Sharipov. The Chinese scored 104 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 120 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cui	Sharipov
Aces	3	55
Avg per match	1	18.3
1st in	140/203	151/239
%1st in	69%	63%
1st pts	104/140	120/151
%1st pts	74%	79%
2nd pts	36/63	45/88
%2nd pts	57%	51%

Cui bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Sharipov managed to score 55 aces (18.3 per match). Cui won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cui	Sharipov
Won	9	10
Converted	9/18	10/23
% Converted	50%	43%
Conceded	14	16
Saved	10	10
% Saved	71%	63%
Times Broken	4	6

Jie broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Marat broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marat conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Cui
	R1 Trongcharoenchaikul	R2 Maestrelli	1/4 Michalski	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2	2-6 6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	18	18	30	66
pts	63-43	67-49	93-96	223-188
Total points	106	116	189	411
Winners	28	28	48	104
%Winners	44%	42%	52%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	0	3
Double Faults	0	2	3	5
1st in	31/46	35/50	74/107	140/203
% 1st in	67%	70%	69%	69%
1st pts	28/31	28/35	48/74	104/140
% 1st pts	90%	80%	65%	74%
2nd pts	9/15	11/15	16/33	36/63
% 2nd pts	60%	73%	48%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/4	3/9	3/5	9/18
Converted %	75%	33%	60%	50%
Conceded	0	1	13	14
Saved	0/0	1/1	9/13	10
Saved %	–	100%	69%	56%
Times Broken	0	0	4	4

Sharipov
	R1 Kolar	R2 Karatsev	1/4 Takahashi	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	7-62 5-7 6-4	6-3 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	35	27	81
pts	69-51	109-96	89-79	267-226
Total points	120	205	168	493
Winners	26	47	47	120
%Winners	38%	43%	53%	45%
SERVE
Aces	14	28	13	55
Double Faults	2	3	5	10
1st in	33/53	55/91	63/95	151/239
% 1st in	62%	60%	66%	63%
1st pts	26/33	47/55	47/63	120/151
% 1st pts	79%	85%	75%	79%
2nd pts	13/20	21/36	11/32	45/88
% 2nd pts	65%	58%	34%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/8	2/6	5/9	10/23
Converted %	38%	33%	56%	43%
Conceded	4	4	8	16
Saved	3/4	2/4	5/8	10
Saved %	75%	50%	63%	63%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 2 Challenger

• Murphy CassoneCassone – Jakub PaulPaul (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Maximus JonesJones (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (2-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Maximus JonesJones (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Jakub PaulPaul (7-6(3) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (2-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction