Li Tu and Zachary Svajda will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Birmingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.86
Li Tu -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Zachary Svajda
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Li Tu
10 - 13win/loss
166
164
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 15-18 | 9-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 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. 168, Tu got to the qualifications after defeating Oliver Crawford 6-4 7-6(12).
In the qualifications, Tu had a good straight sets win against Crawford (6-4 7-612). During the match, Tu scored 95 points vs Crawford’s 84. Li was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tu overwhelmed his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Li Tu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (52/69) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tu broke Crawford twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Tu has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (182-106). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tu has a composed11-10 record in the last 6 years on grass.
Tu has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Birmingham Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Zachary Svajda
8 - 14win/loss
229
102
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 16-17 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
2024 | 37-35 | 27-21 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, Zachary reached the qualifications after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-1 6-1). During the match Svajda scored 56 points vs Mchugh’s 32. The American was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Svajda struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Zachary Svajda was very efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zachary broke Mchugh 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Svajda has a compiled 8-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tu | Svajda |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 23 | 14 |
Pts | 95-84 | 56-32 |
Total Points | 179 | 88 |
Winners | 52 | 22 |
%Winners | 55% | 39% |
Both Tu and Svajda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tu and Svajda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tu played 9 games more than Svajda. Tu scored 52 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Zachary blasted 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tu | Svajda |
---|---|---|
Aces | 21 | 5 |
Avg per match | 21 | 5 |
1st in | 69/93 | 28/40 |
%1st in | 74% | 70% |
1st pts | 52/69 | 22/28 |
%1st pts | 75% | 79% |
2nd pts | 13/24 | 7/12 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 58% |
Tu managed to score 21 aces . Svajda struck 5 aces . Tu won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tu | Svajda |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 5 |
Converted | 2/7 | 5/9 |
% Converted | 29% | 56% |
Conceded | 7 | 0 |
Saved | 6 | 0 |
% Saved | 86% | 0% |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Li broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Svajda broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
Tu | |||
Q1 Crawford | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 7-612 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 95-84 | 95-84 | |
Total points | 179 | 179 | |
Winners | 52 | 52 | |
%Winners | 55% | 55% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 21 | 21 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 69/93 | 69/93 | |
% 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
1st pts | 52/69 | 52/69 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Svajda | |||
Q1 Mchugh | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 56-32 | 56-32 | |
Total points | 88 | 88 | |
Winners | 22 | 22 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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