Yi Zhou and Yibing Wu will square off in the final of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.26
Yi Zhou -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Yibing Wu
There is no head to head record between Yi Zhou and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-12 | 8-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 367, the Chinese got to the final after defeating Trey Hilderbrand 6-1 6-4, Yuta Shimizu 6-3 6-4, Rio Noguchi 7-5 6-2 and Patrick Kypson w/o.
In the semifinal, Yi defeated Kypson (w/o). During the match, Zhou and Kypson scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 367 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Chinese was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhou couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Yi Zhou conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Zhou has a negative record in the last 4 years having won 47% of his matches (47-54). 7-11 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhou has a composed46-47 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger.
Zhou has an overall 7-11 win-loss record in 2025, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Zhou has never competed in this tournament before.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-3 | 7-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401, Yibing got to the final after beating Keisuke Saitoh 6-1 6-3, Maxime Cressy 7-5 ret., Patrick Maloney 7-5 4-6 6-2, Antoine Escoffier 7-6(3) 7-5, Alex Rybakov 7-6(2) 6-2 and Karue Sell 7-6(1) 6-4.
In the semifinal, Wu had a good straight sets win against Sell (7-61 6-4). During the match Wu scored 97 points vs Sell’s 78. Yibing was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu blasted 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yibing Wu lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Sell 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger.
Wu has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhou | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 127 |
| Pts | 196-140 | 438-351 |
| Total Points | 336 | 789 |
| Winners | 77 | 166 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Zhou played 3 matches while Wu competed in 6 matches. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Zhou had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yibing Wu surrendered 1 set while Yi Zhou hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhou has played 7 set(s) less than Wu (6 vs 13). Therefore, Zhou played 71 games less than Wu. Yi scored 77 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Wu made 166 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhou | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 102/162 | 230/361 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 77/102 | 166/230 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 36/60 | 73/131 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 56% |
Zhou managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). Wu managed to score 26 aces (4.3 per match). Zhou won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhou | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 23 |
| Converted | 12/19 | 23/55 |
| % Converted | 63% | 42% |
| Conceded | 12 | 24 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 12 |
Yi broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Yi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Wu broke his opponents 23 times with a 42% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhou | ||||||
| R1 Hilderbrand |
R2 Shimizu |
1/4 Noguchi |
1/2 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 20 | – | 56 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 67-51 | 68-54 | – | 196-140 | |
| Total points | 96 | 118 | 122 | – | 336 | |
| Winners | 27 | 21 | 29 | – | 77 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% | 43% | – | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 3 | – | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 28/52 | 43/63 | – | 102/162 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 54% | 68% | – | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 21/28 | 29/43 | – | 77/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 75% | 67% | – | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/24 | 14/20 | – | 36/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 46% | 70% | – | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | – | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/8 | 4/6 | – | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 63% | 67% | – | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/4 | 5/6 | – | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 25% | 83% | – | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Wu | ||||||||
| Q1 Saitoh |
Q3 Cressy |
R1 Maloney |
R2 Escoffier |
1/4 Rybakov |
1/2 Sell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 ret. | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 7-63 7-5 | 7-62 6-2 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 12 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 127 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 40-30 | 97-81 | 77-73 | 67-51 | 97-78 | 438-351 | |
| Total points | 98 | 70 | 178 | 150 | 118 | 175 | 789 | |
| Winners | 21 | 16 | 39 | 30 | 24 | 36 | 166 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 18/31 | 59/86 | 46/73 | 34/54 | 46/74 | 230/361 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 69% | 63% | 63% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 16/18 | 39/59 | 30/46 | 24/34 | 36/46 | 166/230 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 89% | 66% | 65% | 71% | 78% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 6/13 | 14/27 | 17/27 | 12/20 | 12/28 | 73/131 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 46% | 52% | 63% | 60% | 43% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 6/13 | 3/8 | 5/14 | 3/10 | 23/55 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 30% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 33% | 60% | 50% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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