Mikael Torpegaard and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the final of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.66
Mikael Torpegaard -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Torpegaard vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Mikael Torpegaard and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mikael Torpegaard
Ranked no. 234, Mikael got to the final after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-2 6-3, Michael Mmoh 7-63 4-6 7-60, Raymond Sarmiento 6-4 6-4 and Thomaz Bellucci 6-1 6-1.
In the quarter, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Sarmiento (6-4 6-4). During the match Torpegaard scored 69 points vs Sarmiento’s 57. Torpegaard was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Torpegaard blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Mikael Torpegaard was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Sarmiento 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dane has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Torpegaard has a unfavourable record in the last 6 years having won 36% of his matches (74-41). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Torpegaard has a 40-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Mikael has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Mikael didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 262, Watanuki got to the final after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 7-5, Arthur Rinderknech 7-65 6-3, Skander Mansouri 6-4 6-3, Ulises Blanch 7-5 7-5 and Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-4 6-4). During the match Watanuki scored 60 points vs Escobedo’s 44. Watanuki was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 15 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 97% (28/29) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Escobedo twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yousuke hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 78% of his matches (99-28). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has a 78-52 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Cleveland Challenger.
The Japanese has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Yousuke didn’t compete in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Torpegaard | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 106 |
| Pts | 253-218 | 360-285 |
| Total Points | 471 | 645 |
| Winners | 100 | 151 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Torpegaard played 3 matches while Watanuki competed in 5 matches. At the moment, Mikael Torpegaard conceded 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Torpegaard has played 3 sets less than Watanuki (7 vs 10). Therefore, Torpegaard played 33 games less than Watanuki. Torpegaard scored 100 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 151 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Torpegaard | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 39 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 123/218 | 177/310 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 100/123 | 151/177 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 52/95 | 72/133 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Torpegaard blasted 36 aces (12 per match). Watanuki blasted 39 aces (7.8 per match). Torpegaard won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Torpegaard | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/29 | 14/31 |
| % Converted | 31% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 17 |
| Saved | 11 | 13 |
| % Saved | 73% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Mikael broke his opponents 9 times with 31% conversion rate. Mikael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 14 times with 45% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Torpegaard | |||||
| R2 Kovacevic |
R3 Mmoh |
1/4 Sarmiento |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-63 4-6 7-60 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 20 | 73 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 115-107 | 69-57 | 253-218 | |
| Total points | 123 | 222 | 126 | 471 | |
| Winners | 25 | 49 | 26 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 14 | 17 | 5 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 62/105 | 31/60 | 123/218 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 49/62 | 26/31 | 100/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 84% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 24/43 | 17/29 | 52/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 56% | 59% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/10 | 3/6 | 9/29 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 20% | 50% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/8 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 63% | 83% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | |
| Watanuki | |||||||
| R1 Vukic |
R2 Rinderknech |
R3 Mansouri |
1/4 Blanch |
1/2 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 106 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 75-59 | 68-51 | 81-67 | 60-44 | 360-285 | |
| Total points | 140 | 134 | 119 | 148 | 104 | 645 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 24 | 37 | 28 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 35% | 46% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 35/63 | 29/52 | 46/74 | 29/48 | 177/310 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 56% | 62% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 32/35 | 24/29 | 37/46 | 28/29 | 151/177 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 91% | 83% | 80% | 97% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 15/28 | 16/23 | 11/28 | 12/19 | 72/133 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 54% | 70% | 39% | 63% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/7 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 29% | 60% | 57% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 100% | 33% | – | 96% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -20 | |
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