Jacob Fearnley and Bu Yunchaokete will square off in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jacob Fearnley who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jacob Fearnley is the pick to win this match.
Jacob Fearnley -> 1.66
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Jacob Fearnley vs. Bu Yunchaokete

This will be the 3rd time that Jacob Fearnley and Bu Yunchaokete clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fearnley (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Fearnley won 0-6 6-0 7-6(3) in the semifinal in the Lincoln Challenger back in 2024.

Jacob Fearnley

Jacob Fearnley

16 - 9win/loss

Hard
9-5
I Hard
3-2
Clay
4-2
Rank
55
High
54
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-12 9-5 8-5 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 45-9 10-2 0-0 26-4 9-3 0-0
2023 17-4 0-0 0-0 16-2 1-2 0-0
2022 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 68 (career-high), the Brit reached the 1st round after defeating Pavel Kotov 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Hugo Dellien 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Dellien (7-5 6-1). During the match, Fearnley scored 72 points vs Dellien’s 57. Fearnley was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fearnley scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jacob Fearnley lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Fearnley put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Dellien 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Fearnley has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 76% of his matches (89-28). 4-2 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fearnley has an aggregate4-2 record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Brit’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

The Brit has a compiled 16-9 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid
Fearnley's Record

Bu Yunchaokete

Bu Yunchaokete

7 - 12win/loss

Hard
3-7
I Hard
2-2
Clay
2-3
Rank
70
High
64
LLWWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-16 3-7 6-7 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 51-27 40-14 3-2 7-8 1-3 0-0
2023 37-23 27-15 0-0 6-4 4-4 0-0
2022 87-28 84-24 0-2 0-1 0-0 3-1
2021 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 72, Yunchaokete will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 4-6 7-5 6-3 to Musetti in the 1st round on the 7th of April.

Bu has an overall 7-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 183-94 record. He has a negative 5-9 record on clay.

Madrid
Yunchaokete's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Harold MayotMayotCorentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Christopher O ConnellO ConnellCamilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Nuno BorgesBorgesPablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Laslo DjereDjereFabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Sebastian OfnerOfnerHugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Benjamin BonziBonziMarin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Federico Cina
    CinaChak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Ethan QuinnQuinnDusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Mariano NavoneNavoneGiovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknechRoman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Roberto Bautista AgutRobertoJaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Francisco ComesanaFranciscoPedro Martinez PorteroPedro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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