Li Tu and Jake Delaney will square off in the 2nd round of the Brisbane 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. 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 Li Tu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.153
Jake Delaney -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Jake Delaney
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Jake Delaney since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-11 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 170, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Tu had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-1 6-1). During the match, Tu scored 59 points vs Shiraishi’s 27. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tu blasted 14 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Li Tu was pretty efficient on serve to win 96% (24/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (4/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Shiraishi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Tu has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (175-97). 3-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tu has an overall131-64 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Tu has an overall 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brisbane 2 Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jake Delaney
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-7 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-31 | 38-28 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 34-21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 505, Delaney reached the 2nd round after beating Jesse Delaney 6-3 6-2, James Watt 6-1 6-4 and Pavle Marinkov 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Marinkov (7-65 3-6 7-65).During the match Delaney scored less points (9) than Marinkov. In fact, the world no. 170 won 101 points vs Marinkov’s. That means that Delaney was more focused during the important points. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.
About the serving games, Delaney overpowered his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jake Delaney lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Delaney put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (59/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (11/35) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Marinkov twice.
Delaney has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 69 |
| Pts | 59-27 | 215-185 |
| Total Points | 86 | 400 |
| Winners | 24 | 107 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Tu played 1 match while Delaney competed in 3 matches. Delaney started his run from the qualifications while Tu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jake Delaney lost 1 set while Li Tu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tu has played 5 set(s) less than Delaney (2 vs 7). Therefore, Tu played 55 games less than Delaney. The Australian scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 107 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 12.7 |
| 1st in | 25/32 | 129/195 |
| %1st in | 78% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 107/129 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 33/66 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Tu scored 14 aces . Delaney struck 38 aces (12.7 per match). Tu won 96% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Delaney won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Li broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tu | |||
| R1 Shiraishi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-27 | 59-27 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 24/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Delaney | |||||
| Q1 Delaney |
Q3 Watt |
R1 Marinkov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 35 | 69 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 60-43 | 101-110 | 215-185 | |
| Total points | 86 | 103 | 211 | 400 | |
| Winners | 21 | 27 | 59 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 58% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 26 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 33/49 | 73/108 | 129/195 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 27/33 | 59/73 | 107/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 82% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/16 | 11/35 | 33/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 69% | 31% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 | 2/2 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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