Makoto Ochi and Shuichi Sekiguchi will play each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuichi Sekiguchi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuichi Sekiguchi is the pick to win this match.
Shuichi Sekiguchi -> 1.86
Makoto Ochi -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Makoto Ochi vs. Shuichi Sekiguchi
This will be the 3rd time that Makoto Ochi and Shuichi Sekiguchi play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sekiguchi (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sekiguchi won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Fergana Challenger back in 2019.
Makoto Ochi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-23 | 10-18 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-27 | 26-25 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-24 | 33-21 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-17 | 17-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 527, Ochi got to the qualifications after beating Savriyan Danilov 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Makoto had a good straight sets win against Danilov (6-4 6-4). During the match, Ochi scored 86 points vs Danilov’s 71. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ochi managed to score 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Makoto Ochi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Ochi put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (42/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Ochi broke Danilov twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Ochi has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (173-134). 31-19 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ochi has a composed132-97 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Chiang Rai.
Makoto has a compiled 31-21 win-loss record in 2022, 31-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Ochi has never competed in this tournament before.
Shuichi Sekiguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23-14 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-14 | 28-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-22 | 47-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 577, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 4-6 6-3 7-63.
In the qualifications against Zhukayev, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-63). During the match Sekiguchi scored 97 points vs Zhukayev’s 89. Shuichi was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Sekiguchi blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Shuichi Sekiguchi was very efficient on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Japanese broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion and M25 Sapporo.
Shuichi has an overall 25-12 win-loss record in 2022, 25-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ochi | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 |
| Pts | 86-71 | 97-89 |
| Total Points | 157 | 186 |
| Winners | 42 | 40 |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Ochi and Sekiguchi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Shuichi Sekiguchi lost 1 set while Makoto Ochi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ochi has played 1 set(s) less than Sekiguchi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ochi played 12 games less than Sekiguchi. Ochi scored 42 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Shuichi made 40 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ochi | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 63/85 | 56/93 |
| %1st in | 74% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 40/56 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 20/37 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 54% |
Ochi recorded 4 aces . Sekiguchi fired 3 aces . Ochi won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Sekiguchi won 71% of the 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 | Ochi | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 22% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Ochi broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Ochi pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sekiguchi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ochi | |||
| Q1 Danilov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 86-71 | 86-71 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 63/85 | 63/85 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sekiguchi | |||
| Q1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 97-89 | 97-89 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 56/93 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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