Li Tu and Hyeon Chung will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hyeon Chung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hyeon Chung is the pick to win this match.
Hyeon Chung -> 1.77
Li Tu -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Hyeon Chung
This will be the 2nd time that Li Tu and Hyeon Chung square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Tu won 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Seoul Challenger back in 2024.
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. 172, Li reached the 2nd round after defeating Marat Sharipov 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Sharipov (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Tu scored 84 points vs Sharipov’s 72. Li was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tu managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Li Tu lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Tu broke Sharipov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Tu has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (181-101). 9-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has an aggregate137-68 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Hyeon Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-6 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, the Korean reached the 2nd round after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Chung had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-4). During the match Chung scored 67 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 51. The Korean was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Chung managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hyeon Chung conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 68% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Chung’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Luan,Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.
Hyeon has an aggregate 18-3 win-loss record in 2025, 18-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 |
| Pts | 84-72 | 67-51 |
| Total Points | 156 | 118 |
| Winners | 43 | 32 |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% |
Both Tu and Chung played 1 match. At the moment, Li Tu surrendered 1 set while Hyeon Chung hasn’t lost a set so far. Tu has played 1 set more than Chung (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tu played 6 games more than Chung. Tu scored 43 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Hyeon struck 32 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 36/53 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 32/36 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 7/17 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 41% |
Tu bagged 5 aces . Chung scored 2 aces . Tu won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Chung won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tu | Chung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 80% | 33% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 91% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Tu broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Hyeon broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Chung was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Tu | |||
| R1 Sharipov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 84-72 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 43/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Chung | |||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 67-51 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Omar JasikaJasika – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-77 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Sanhui ShinShin – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – James McCabeMcCabe (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-6 7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex BoltBolt – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Li TuTu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Sanhui ShinShin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Omar JasikaJasika (2-0) – H2H and prediction
