Jeff Wolf and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Dallas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on HAMILTON FAMILY STADIUM. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.57
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jeff Wolf

Ranked no. 183, Jeff got to the 3^rd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 7-6⁷ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Jeff had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (7-6⁷ 6-3). During the match Wolf scored 86 points vs Escobedo’s 75. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Wolf blasted 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jeff Wolf was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Escobedo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Wolf has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (13-17). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wolf has a 28-22 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.

The American has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Dallas Challenger

The American didn’t play in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 265, Yousuke reached the 3^rd round after beating Sebastian Korda 6-3 7-5 and Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Schnur (6-2 6-4). During the match Watanuki scored 66 points vs Schnur’s 46. Yousuke was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Schnur 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yousuke hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Watanuki has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 76% of his matches (69-22). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 73-51 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Yousuke has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Dallas Challenger

Watanuki didn’t compete in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Wolf	Watanuki
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	22	39
Pts	86-75	147-113
Total Points	161	260
Winners	29	61
%Winners	34%	41%

Wolf played 1 match while Watanuki competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Wolf has played 2 sets less than Watanuki (2 vs 4). Therefore, Wolf played 17 games less than Watanuki. Wolf scored 29 winners (34% on total points). On the other side, Yousuke blasted 61 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Wolf	Watanuki
Aces	15	21
Avg per match	15	10.5
1st in	41/79	85/138
%1st in	52%	62%
1st pts	29/41	61/85
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	22/38	29/53
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Wolf blasted 15 aces . Watanuki blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Wolf won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Wolf	Watanuki
Won	3	7
Converted	3/8	7/13
% Converted	38%	54%
Conceded	5	10
Saved	3	8
% Saved	60%	80%
Times Broken	2	2

Jeff broke his opponent 3 times with 38% conversion rate. Jeff conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponents 7 times with 54% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Wolf
	R2 Escobedo	Total
Score	7-67 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	86-75	86-75
Total points	161	161
Winners	29	29
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/79	41/79
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	29/41	29/41
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	22/38	22/38
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	100

Watanuki
	R1 Korda	R2 Schnur	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	81-67	66-46	147-113
Total points	148	112	260
Winners	34	27	61
%Winners	42%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	9	12	21
Double Faults	6	1	7
1st in	50/89	35/49	85/138
% 1st in	56%	71%	62%
1st pts	34/50	27/35	61/85
% 1st pts	68%	77%	72%
2nd pts	19/39	10/14	29/53
% 2nd pts	49%	71%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/6	7/13
Converted %	57%	50%	54%
Conceded	8	2	10
Saved	6/8	2/2	8
Saved %	75%	100%	175%
Times Broken	2	0	0

Tennis Scores in Dallas Challenger

• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-7⁷ 6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Denis IstominIstomin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 4-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Donald YoungYoung (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Joao MenezesMenezes – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (3-6 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jason JungJung – Kevin KingKing (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jeff WolfWolf – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar VukicVukic (4-6 7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Donald YoungYoung (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Denis IstominIstomin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
• Emilio GomezGomez – Jason JungJung (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (0-4) – See H2H details
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao MenezesMenezes – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
• Michael MmohMmoh – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – See H2H details