Jie Cui and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ricardas Berankis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.148
Jie Cui -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Jie Cui vs. Ricardas Berankis
This will be the 2nd time that Jie Cui and Ricardas Berankis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cui (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Cui won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in the Wuxi Challenger back in 2024.
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Cui got to the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Parizzia 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Parizzia (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Cui scored 82 points vs Parizzia’s 73. Cui was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cui blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jie Cui was quite effective on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Jie broke Parizzia 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Cui has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (160-123). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Cui has an overall2-2 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger.
Jie has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Cui has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Berankis got to the qualifications after defeating Andrin Casanova 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications against Casanova, The Lithuanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Berankis scored 88 points vs Casanova’s 85. Richard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Berankis recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Berankis put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. Berankis broke Casanova 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Berankis’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
Berankis has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2025, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cui | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 30 |
| Pts | 82-73 | 88-85 |
| Total Points | 155 | 173 |
| Winners | 38 | 36 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Cui and Berankis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Jie Cui conceded 1 set, while Ricardas Berankis dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cui and Berankis have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Cui played 3 games less than Berankis. Cui scored 38 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Richard bagged 36 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cui | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 53/85 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 36/53 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 19/32 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 59% |
Cui struck 4 aces . Berankis bagged 2 aces . Cui won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cui | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Cui broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cui lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Berankis broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Lithuanian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cui | |||
| Q1 Parizzia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 82-73 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-85 | 88-85 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 53/85 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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