Hugo Grenier and Yu Hsiou Hsu will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT B. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.51
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Hugo Grenier vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu

This will be the 3^rd time that Hugo Grenier and Yu Hsiou Hsu face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Grenier and Hsiou (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Grenier won 6-4 7-6(5) in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Hugo Grenier

Ranked no. 177, Grenier reached the 2^nd round after defeating Igor Ribeiro Marcondes 6-2 7-6(6).

In the 1^st round, Grenier had a good straight sets win against Ribeiro Marcondes (6-2 7-6⁶). During the match, Grenier scored 73 points vs Ribeiro Marcondes’s 61. Grenier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Grenier bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Hugo Grenier was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Ribeiro Marcondes 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Grenier has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (380-286). 8-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Grenier has an overall 86-82 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Grenier’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Villena Challenger.

Hugo has a composed 40-33 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Hugo has never competed in this tournament before.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 220, Yu reached the 2^nd round after beating Yuta Shimizu 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Yu had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match Hsiou scored 78 points vs Shimizu’s 71. Hsiou was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Hsiou made 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yu Hsiou Hsu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hsiou put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Hsiou broke Shimizu 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Timaru and the Chicago Challenger.

The Chinese has a composed 44-29 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Grenier	Hsiou
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	23
Pts	73-61	78-71
Total Points	134	149
Winners	28	30
%Winners	38%	38%

Both Grenier and Hsiou played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Grenier and Hsiou have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Grenier played 2 games less than Hsiou. Hugo scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Yu bagged 30 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Grenier	Hsiou
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	39/61	44/73
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	28/39	30/44
%1st pts	72%	68%
2nd pts	15/22	12/29
%2nd pts	68%	41%

Grenier scored 2 aces . Hsiou struck 6 aces . Grenier won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Grenier	Hsiou
Won	3	4
Converted	3/9	4/7
% Converted	33%	57%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	25%
Times Broken	1	3

Hugo broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Hugo surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Yu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Grenier
	R1 Ribeiro Marcondes	Total
Score	6-2 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	73-61	73-61
Total points	134	134
Winners	28	28
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	39/61	39/61
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	15/22	15/22
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Hsiou
	R1 Shimizu	Total
Score	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	78-71	78-71
Total points	149	149
Winners	30	30
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	44/73	44/73
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	30/44	30/44
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	12/29	12/29
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-7⁴ 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Max BasingBasing (7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-7⁸ 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Renta TokudaTokuda – Ryotaro TaguchiTaguchi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maximus JonesJones – Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jason JungJung (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-7¹ 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Kaylan BigunBigun (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jason JungJung (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elias YmerYmer – Renta TokudaTokuda (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Hugo GrenierGrenier (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction