Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Kikuchi will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.36
Yuta Kikuchi -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yuta Kikuchi

There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Kikuchi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 241, Hsiou Hsu will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Zeppieri in the semifinal on the 6^th of September.

Yu has a composed 37-24 win-loss record in 2025, 34-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Yu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Timaru and the Chicago Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Yu has an overall 304-180 record. He has a positive 267-139 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

Yuta Kikuchi

Ranked no. 617 (career-high), the Japanese got to the 1^st round after beating Yaojie Zeng 6-3 7-6(3) and Hanyi Liu 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Kikuchi had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-4 6-3). During the match Kikuchi scored 76 points vs Liu’s 63. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Kikuchi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuta Kikuchi lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kikuchi put 55% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Liu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Kikuchi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Wuning.

The Japanese has a compiled 29-15 win-loss record in 2025, 27-14 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Evan ZhuZhu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tianhui ZhangZhang – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-6⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tomohiro MasabayashiMasabayashi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tomohiro MasabayashiMasabayashi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Tianhui ZhangZhang – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Linang XiaoXiao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta KikuchiKikuchi – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction