Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yi Zhou will play each other in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.48
Yi Zhou -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yi Zhou

This will be the 2^nd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yi Zhou play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hsiou Hsu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Hsiou Hsu won 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger back in 2024.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 194, Yu reached the quarter after defeating Jie Cui 6-2 6-1 and Kasidit Samrej 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Samrej (7-5 6-4). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 74 points vs Samrej’s 67. Yu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu struck 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou Hsu put 74% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Yu broke Samrej 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yu hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (303-179). 33-19 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a composed 266-138 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Hsiou Hsu’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Timaru and the Chicago Challenger.

Hsiou Hsu has an overall 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 33-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Yi Zhou

Ranked no. 325, Yi reached the quarter after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 2-6 7-6(5) 2-0 ret. and Renta Tokuda 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Yi had a good straight sets win against Tokuda (6-1 6-2). During the match Zhou scored 59 points vs Tokuda’s 31. Zhou was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhou made 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yi Zhou was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 92% (11/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yi broke Tokuda 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Zhou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tyler Challenger.

Yi has an overall 16-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hsiou Hsu	Zhou
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	37	38
Pts	140-110	140-103
Total Points	250	243
Winners	59	63
%Winners	42%	45%

Both Hsiou Hsu and Zhou played 2 matches. At the moment, Yi Zhou lost 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 2 set(s) less than Zhou (4 vs 6). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 1 game less than Zhou. Hsiou Hsu scored 59 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zhou managed to score 63 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hsiou Hsu	Zhou
Aces	11	17
Avg per match	5.5	8.5
1st in	86/124	82/120
%1st in	69%	68%
1st pts	59/86	63/82
%1st pts	69%	77%
2nd pts	22/38	22/38
%2nd pts	58%	58%

Hsiou Hsu bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Zhou made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zhou won 77% 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	Hsiou Hsu	Zhou
Won	8	6
Converted	8/21	6/13
% Converted	38%	46%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	6	7
% Saved	75%	70%
Times Broken	2	3

Yu broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Chinese lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Zhou broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Yi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
	R1 Cui	R2 Samrej	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	22	37
pts	66-43	74-67	140-110
Total points	109	141	250
Winners	24	35	59
%Winners	36%	47%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	6	11
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	33/52	53/72	86/124
% 1st in	63%	74%	69%
1st pts	24/33	35/53	59/86
% 1st pts	73%	66%	69%
2nd pts	10/19	12/19	22/38
% 2nd pts	53%	63%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/10	3/11	8/21
Converted %	50%	27%	38%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	4/5	2/3	6
Saved %	80%	67%	74%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Zhou
	R1 Nishioka	R2 Tokuda	Total
Score	2-6 7-65 2-0 ret.	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	23	15	38
pts	81-72	59-31	140-103
Total points	153	90	243
Winners	40	23	63
%Winners	49%	39%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	10	17
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	54/80	28/40	82/120
% 1st in	68%	70%	68%
1st pts	40/54	23/28	63/82
% 1st pts	74%	82%	77%
2nd pts	11/26	11/12	22/38
% 2nd pts	42%	92%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/6	4/7	6/13
Converted %	33%	57%	46%
Conceded	9	1	10
Saved	6/9	1/1	7
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	3	0	3

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