Michael Zheng vs Yunchaokete BuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Michael Zheng and Yunchaokete Bu have met 1 time since 2024; Yunchaokete Bu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Zheng has taken 0 sets to Bu's 2. Their most recent meeting: Yunchaokete Bu won at Chicago (2024).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- U.S. Open - New York
- Level
- Grand Slam
- Round
- 2nd Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 3 · 7:40 PM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
Priced around 2.52 or longer, Bu Yunchaokete has won 5 of 18 matches, 28% against a fair-price expectation of 32%.
Priced around 1.52 or shorter, Michael Zheng has won 17 of 19 matches, 89% against a fair-price expectation of 69%.
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Bu Yunchaokete meets Michael Zheng in the 2nd Round of the U.S. Open on September 3 under hard court conditions in New York. Yunchaokete, ranked 124th, holds a 1-0 head-to-head record over Zheng, who sits at 107th. Both players arrive fresh after competing within the past two days.
Zheng has momentum in his recent play, winning 4 of his last 5 matches and 7 of 10. Yunchaokete has been more active in the lead-up to this event, competing in four matches over the past two weeks while maintaining a 60% win rate over his last five and ten matches. The pair share a string of common opponents, with both players beating Adam Walton, Andre Ilagan, Colton Smith, and Daniel Masur in recent windows, though both lost to Mark Lajal.
Yunchaokete relies heavily on his serve to dictate points and construct his offense; on hard courts, he has converted 60% of his matches into wins. Zheng brings more variability to rallies, mixing serve strength with baseline consistency and court movement; he holds a 65% hard court win rate. The match will test whether Yunchaokete's serving power and hard court record can overcome Zheng's more rounded toolkit and current form.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Zheng | Bu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Michael Zheng | Yunchaokete Bu | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 21/30 | 77% | 20/26 |
| Wins a set when losing | 55% | 6/11 | 35% | 6/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 15/41 | 28% | 12/43 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 18/34 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 4/7 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 38% | 8/21 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 23/27 | 86% | 24/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 21/27 | 71% | 20/28 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Zheng 0, Bu 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zheng
👑 The Complete Package
Bu
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
👑 The Complete Package vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,470 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 23, 2024
Chicago
H Hard · Round of 32
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Zheng | Bu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Michael Zheng | Yunchaokete Bu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 79% | 11/14 | 86% | 6/7 |
| 5 or more | 64% | 9/14 | 86% | 6/7 |
| 10 or more | 29% | 4/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 21% | 3/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 14% | 2/14 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 15–8 | 6–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.94 | 2.51 |
| ROI % | +0.2% | +104.3% |
| Units P/L | +0.04u | +8.34u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 6 | 6 |
| Distance | 567 mi · 913 km | 567 mi · 913 km |
| Route | USA | USA |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 6 shared opponents, both Zheng and Bu posted a 83% win rate.
| Opponent | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Jodar | W 64 75 | W 62 61 61 |
| Adam Walton | W 46 76 63 | W 62 60 |
| Clement Tabur | W 36 64 62 | L 75 67 46 |
| Mark Lajal | L 64 46 67 | W 75 64 |
| Andre Ilagan | W 63 76 | W 62 63 |
| Daniel Masur | W 63 62 | W 76 76 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Fabian Marozsan
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Lorenzo Musetti
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round
Aug 18
Ugo Humbert
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Fabian Marozsan
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Trevor Svajda
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 12
Moez Echargui
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Miomir Kecmanovic
National Bank Open - Montreal · 1st Round
Aug 3
Kei Nishikori
National Bank Open - Montreal · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Rafael Jodar
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Sep 2
Federico Cina
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Borna Gojo
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 27
Rio Noguchi
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Quentin Halys
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 12
Francesco Maestrelli
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Clement Tabur
Wimbledon · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 29
Hugo Dellien
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Matchup videos
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 44–48 matches
| Metric | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 61% |
| Sets won | 65% | 60% |
| Games won | 55% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Zheng | Bu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |