Tung-Lin Wu and Cruz Hewitt will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tung-Lin Wu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tung-Lin Wu is the pick to win this match.
Tung-Lin Wu -> 1.29
Cruz Hewitt -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Tung-Lin Wu vs. Cruz Hewitt

There is no head to head record between Tung-Lin Wu and Cruz Hewitt since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tung-Lin Wu

Ranked no. 518, Tung-Lin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Noah Brownrigg 6-3 6-3, Kosuke Ogura 6-3 6-2 and Christian Langmo 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Wu had a good straight sets win against Langmo (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Wu scored 81 points vs Langmo’s 73. Wu was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Wu scored 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Tung-Lin Wu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Langmo once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Wu has good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (265-238). 16-16 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wu has a compiled 202-167 record in the last years on hard.

Wu has a composed 19-24 win-loss record in 2025, 16-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Cruz Hewitt

Ranked no. 818, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after beating James McCabe 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Cruz had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-2 6-1). During the match Hewitt scored 62 points vs McCabe’s 37. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Hewitt blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Cruz Hewitt was very effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hewitt broke McCabe 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Launceston.

Hewitt has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2025, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Wu	Hewitt
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	6	2
Tot Games	58	15
Pts	218-180	62-37
Total Points	398	99
Winners	101	26
%Winners	46%	42%

Wu played 3 matches while Hewitt competed in 1 match. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Hewitt had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Wu has played 4 sets more than Hewitt (6 vs 2). Therefore, Wu played 43 games more than Hewitt. Wu scored 101 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Hewitt bagged 26 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Wu	Hewitt
Aces	15	5
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	136/184	33/48
%1st in	74%	69%
1st pts	101/136	26/33
%1st pts	74%	79%
2nd pts	22/48	9/15
%2nd pts	46%	60%

Wu fired 15 aces (5 per match). Hewitt scored 5 aces . Wu won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Hewitt won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Wu	Hewitt
Won	11	4
Converted	11/34	4/9
% Converted	32%	44%
Conceded	10	1
Saved	7	1
% Saved	70%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

The Chinese broke his opponents 11 times with a 32% conversion rate. Tung-Lin surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Cruz broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Cruz was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Wu
	Q1 Brownrigg	Q3 Ogura	R1 Langmo	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-2	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	17	23	58
pts	68-51	69-56	81-73	218-180
Total points	119	125	154	398
Winners	32	28	41	101
%Winners	47%	41%	51%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	5	15
Double Faults	1	1	0	2
1st in	43/61	39/51	54/72	136/184
% 1st in	70%	76%	75%	74%
1st pts	32/43	28/39	41/54	101/136
% 1st pts	74%	72%	76%	74%
2nd pts	6/18	4/12	12/18	22/48
% 2nd pts	33%	33%	67%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5	1	11
Converted	5/8	5/19	1/7	11/34
Converted %	63%	26%	14%	32%
Conceded	7	2	1	10
Saved	5/7	1/2	1/1	7
Saved %	71%	50%	100%	74%
Times Broken	2	1	0	3

Hewitt
	R1 McCabe	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	62-37	62-37
Total points	99	99
Winners	26	26
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	33/48	33/48
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	26/33	26/33
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	9/15	9/15
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0

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