Yu Hsiou Hsu and Sanhui Shin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.35
Sanhui Shin -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Sanhui Shin
There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Sanhui Shin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 18-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 237, Hsiou Hsu got to the 2nd round after beating James Kent Trotter 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-3 6-3). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 75 points vs Kent Trotter’s 53. Yu was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsiou Hsu bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the 2nd serve. Hsiou Hsu broke Kent Trotter 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Hsiou Hsu has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (280-165). 13-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has an aggregate 246-128 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Yu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru.
The Chinese has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Sanhui Shin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-13 | 21-11 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-22 | 19-15 | 1-2 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-20 | 35-16 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-8 | 16-7 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 653, Sanhui got to the 2nd round after beating Yan Bai 6-3 6-2, Naoki Nakagawa 6-1 7-6(5) and Johannus Monday 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Shin had a good straight sets win against Monday (6-3 6-4). During the match Shin scored 70 points vs Monday’s 53. Sanhui was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Shin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Sanhui Shin was very efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Korean broke Monday 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Shin’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Launceston.
Sanhui has an overall 8-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 56 |
| Pts | 75-53 | 212-163 |
| Total Points | 128 | 375 |
| Winners | 21 | 92 |
| %Winners | 28% | 43% |
Hsiou Hsu played 1 match while Shin competed in 3 matches. Shin started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou Hsu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 4 set(s) less than Shin (2 vs 6). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 38 games less than Shin. The Chinese scored 21 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean struck 92 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 121/188 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 92/121 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 32/67 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 48% |
Hsiou Hsu blasted 2 aces . Shin bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Shin won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Shin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 29% | 55% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Hsiou Hsu broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Korean broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Shin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Kent Trotter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-53 | 75-53 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shin | |||||
| Q1 Bai |
Q3 Nakagawa |
R1 Monday |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 7-65 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 19 | 56 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 77-62 | 70-53 | 212-163 | |
| Total points | 113 | 139 | 123 | 375 | |
| Winners | 33 | 30 | 29 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 38/65 | 40/62 | 121/188 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 58% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 30/38 | 29/40 | 92/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 12/27 | 14/22 | 32/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 44% | 64% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/10 | 3/7 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 43% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 75% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Li TuTu – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- 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
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-6 7-62 6-4) – 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
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
