Yu Hsiou Hsu and Kasidit Samrej will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 2 sets.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.28
Kasidit Samrej -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Kasidit Samrej
There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Kasidit Samrej since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
35 - 23win/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. 194, Yu got to the 2nd round after defeating Jie Cui 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Cui (6-2 6-1). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 66 points vs Cui’s 43. Yu was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsiou Hsu scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yu broke Cui 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Hsiou Hsu has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (302-179). 32-19 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a composed 265-138 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru and the Chicago Challenger.
The Chinese has a composed 35-23 win-loss record in 2025, 32-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Kasidit Samrej
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-31 | 28-26 | 0-0 | 19-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-23 | 34-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-20 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-16 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 346 (career-high), the Thai reached the 2nd round after defeating Aoran Wang 6-1 7-6(7), Masamichi Imamura 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 and Tung-Lin Wu 0-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Wu, Samrej recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-5 7-5).During the match Samrej scored less points (8) than Wu. In fact, the world no. 194 won 81 points vs Wu’s. That means that Samrej was more focused during the important points. The Thai was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Samrej bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kasidit Samrej lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Samrej put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (13/37) on the 2nd serve. The Thai broke Wu 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Samrej’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Maanshan and M15 Singapore.
The Thai has an aggregate 36-21 win-loss record in 2025, 18-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
The Thai has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 81 |
| Pts | 66-43 | 270-250 |
| Total Points | 109 | 520 |
| Winners | 24 | 117 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Hsiou Hsu played 1 match while Samrej competed in 3 matches. Samrej started his run from the qualifications while Hsiou Hsu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Kasidit Samrej surrendered 2 sets while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 6 set(s) less than Samrej (2 vs 8). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 66 games less than Samrej. Yu scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kasidit struck 117 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 164/275 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 117/164 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 54/111 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 49% |
Hsiou Hsu managed to score 5 aces . Samrej recorded 25 aces (8.3 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Samrej won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Samrej |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 5 | 24 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Hsiou Hsu broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hsiou Hsu conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kasidit broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Kasidit conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Cui | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 66-43 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Samrej | |||||
| Q1 Wang | Q3 Imamura | R1 Wu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-67 | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 0-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 31 | 30 | 81 | |
| pts | 73-59 | 116-102 | 81-89 | 270-250 | |
| Total points | 132 | 218 | 170 | 520 | |
| Winners | 34 | 44 | 39 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 9 | 3 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 67/112 | 54/91 | 164/275 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 44/67 | 39/54 | 117/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 66% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 26/45 | 13/37 | 54/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 58% | 35% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/10 | 4/8 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 9 | 24 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 10/12 | 4/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 44% | 194% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Arthur GeaGea (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-77 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Linang XiaoXiao (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Renta TokudaTokuda – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Yan BaiBai (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Yaojie ZengZeng (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-6 7-65 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Rigele TeTe (4-6 6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Linang XiaoXiao (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-7(7) 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Arthur GeaGea (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction