Seita Watanabe and Florent Bax will square off in the qualifications of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Florent Bax who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Florent Bax is the pick to win this match.
Florent Bax -> 1.6
Seita Watanabe -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Seita Watanabe vs. Florent Bax
There is no head to head record between Seita Watanabe and Florent Bax since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Seita Watanabe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 7-7 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-16 | 13-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-23 | 12-20 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 23-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Watanabe had a good straight sets win against Karteek Reddy Ganta (6-4 6-2). During the match, Watanabe scored 68 points vs Karteek Reddy Ganta’s 54. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watanabe bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Seita Watanabe lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Watanabe put 58% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Karteek Reddy Ganta 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Watanabe has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 51% of his matches (88-84). 2-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanabe has a composed12-15 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Seita has an aggregate 3-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Florent Bax
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-25 | 10-7 | 32-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 553, the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Courtney John Lock 7-5 4-3 ret..
In the qualifications against John Lock, Bax had a free pass after John Lock retired on a 7-5 4-3 . scoreline.
Bax has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanabe | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 68-54 | 61-45 |
| Total Points | 122 | 106 |
| Winners | 29 | 29 |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% |
Both Watanabe and Bax played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Watanabe has played 1 set(s) less than Bax (2 vs 3). Therefore, Watanabe played 1 game less than Bax. Seita scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 29 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanabe | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 35/46 |
| %1st in | 58% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/35 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 7/11 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 64% |
Watanabe made 4 aces . Bax fired 4 aces . Watanabe won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Bax won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanabe | Bax |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 80% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Watanabe broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Watanabe lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Bax broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Florent conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanabe | |||
| Q1 Karteek Reddy Ganta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 68-54 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bax | |||
| Q1 John |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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