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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
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

Li Tu

10 - 13win/loss

Hard
9-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-1
Grass
1-0
Rank
166
High
164
LWWLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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.

Birmingham Challenger
Tu's Record

Zachary Svajda

Zachary Svajda

8 - 14win/loss

Hard
6-11
I Hard
0-1
Clay
1-2
Grass
1-0
Rank
229
High
102
LWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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).

Birmingham Challenger
Svajda's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Tu
Z.Svajda
!
1h:42
1h:42
Time on court​
0h:58
0h:58
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
!
0h:58
0h:58
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
14
14
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
95
95
Total points​
56
56
95
95
Avg point​
56
56
52
52
Winners
22
22
52
52
Avg Winners​
22
22
55%
55%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
5
5
!
21
21
Avg Aces
5
5
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1
1
52/69
52/69
1st won total​
22/28
22/28
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
13/24
13/24
2nd won total​
7/12
7/12
54%
54%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
5/9
5/9
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
29%
29%
Won
!
56%
56%
7
7
Conceded
0
0
7
7
Avg Conceded
0
0
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
6
6
Saved
0
0

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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