Yibing Wu and Yu Hsiou Hsu will square off in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm 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 Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
Yibing Wu -> 1.192
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Yibing Wu vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
This will be the 2nd time that Yibing Wu and Yu Hsiou Hsu fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hsiou (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Hsiou won 6-7(5) 3-3 ret. in the 1st round in the Shanghai Challenger back in 2024.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-10 | 23-8 | 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. 186, Yibing got to the quarter after beating Andre Ilagan 1-6 6-2 6-1 and Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Yibing had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 6-2). During the match, Wu scored 60 points vs Nakagawa’s 41. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wu blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yibing Wu was quite effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wu broke Nakagawa 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has dropped 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Wu has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (140-77). 18-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Wu has an overall87-51 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he overcame Yi Zhou in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
The Chinese has an aggregate 20-6 win-loss record in 2025, 18-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Yibing has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
33 - 21win/loss
219
158
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-31 | 39-25 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 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. 217, Hsiou reached the quarter after beating Andrew Fenty 6-2 6-2 and Karue Sell 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Sell (6-3 6-2). During the match Hsiou scored 55 points vs Sell’s 39. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve once. Furthermore, Hsiou put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (25/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Sell 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru.
Hsiou has a compiled 32-21 win-loss record in 2025, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wu | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 33 |
| Pts | 122-93 | 115-75 |
| Total Points | 215 | 190 |
| Winners | 50 | 45 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Wu and Hsiou played 2 matches. At the moment, Yibing Wu conceded 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t lost a set so far. Wu has played 1 set more than Hsiou (5 vs 4). Therefore, Wu played 6 games more than Hsiou. Yibing scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 45 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wu | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 65/106 | 57/91 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 50/65 | 45/57 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/41 | 21/34 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 62% |
Wu bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Hsiou fired 10 aces (5 per match). Wu won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wu | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 25% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Yibing broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Yibing dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Hsiou broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wu | ||||
| R1 Ilagan | R2 Nakagawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 62-52 | 60-41 | 122-93 | |
| Total points | 114 | 101 | 215 | |
| Winners | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 27/48 | 65/106 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 22/27 | 50/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 15/21 | 26/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 71% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/4 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | – | 13% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hsiou | ||||
| R1 Fenty | R2 Sell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 55-39 | 115-75 | |
| Total points | 96 | 94 | 190 | |
| Winners | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 32/50 | 57/91 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 25/32 | 45/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 8/18 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 44% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/6 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 67% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger
- Theodore Winegar/Michael ZhengWinegar/Michael Zheng – Yu Hsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao HuangHsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao Huang (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew Fenty/Darian KingFenty/Darian King – Finn Reynolds/James WattReynolds/James Watt (6-4 3-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yibing WuWu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – (1-0) – H2H and prediction