H2H, prediction of Alafia Ayeni vs Yusuke Takahashi in Matsuyama Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 4th November 2024

PREVIEW. Matsuyama Challenger. Ayeni and Takahashi will play each other in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 4th of November

Prediction and head to head Alafia Ayeni vs. Yusuke Takahashi

Alafia Ayeni and Yusuke Takahashi will square off in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.727
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Alafia Ayeni vs. Yusuke Takahashi

This will be the 4th time that Alafia Ayeni and Yusuke Takahashi play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Takahashi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Takahashi won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in August 2024.

Alafia Ayeni

Alafia Ayeni
Alafia Ayeni

29 - 29win/loss

Hard
23-19
I Hard
0-2
Clay
6-8
Rank
482
High
395
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-29 24-19 6-8 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 23-22 17-13 1-3 5-4 0-2 0-0
2022 24-19 22-15 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 27-20 12-10 3-2 11-7 0-0 1-1
2020 5-7 3-3 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-2

Ranked no. 474, Alafia got to the qualifications after beating Andrea Picchione 1-6 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications against Picchione, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Ayeni scored 78 points vs Picchione’s 68. The American was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ayeni struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alafia Ayeni lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ayeni put 55% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Picchione 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Ayeni has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 52% of his matches (171-158). 23-19 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ayeni has a composed112-102 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Ayeni’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Astana.

Alafia has an aggregate 29-29 win-loss record in 2024, 23-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Ayeni
Matsuyama Challenger
Ayeni's Record

Yusuke Takahashi

Yusuke Takahashi
Yusuke Takahashi

29 - 25win/loss

Hard
23-22
I Hard
6-3
Rank
523
High
238
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 29-26 23-23 0-0 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 37-31 33-28 0-0 4-3 0-0 0-0
2022 17-22 17-21 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 19-23 18-21 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
2020 4-3 1-1 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 521, Yusuke got to the qualifications after defeating Masamichi Imamura 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Imamura (6-4 6-1). During the match Takahashi scored 59 points vs Imamura’s 46. Takahashi was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 76% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Takahashi broke Imamura 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Yusuke has an aggregate 29-25 win-loss record in 2024, 23-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Takahashi
Matsuyama Challenger
Takahashi's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Ayeni
Y.Takahashi
!
1h:43
1h:43
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
1h:43
1h:43
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
78
78
Total points​
59
59
78
78
Avg point​
59
59
30
30
Winners
28
28
30
30
Avg Winners​
28
28
38%
38%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
5
5
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
30/38
30/38
1st won total​
28/37
28/37
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
13/31
13/31
2nd won total​
6/12
6/12
42%
42%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
4/7
4/7
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
33%
33%
Won
!
57%
57%
8
8
Conceded
4
4
8
8
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ayeni Takahashi
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 23 17
Pts 78-68 59-46
Total Points 146 105
Winners 30 28
%Winners 38% 47%

Both Ayeni and Takahashi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alafia Ayeni dropped 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t lost a set so far. Ayeni has played 1 set more than Takahashi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ayeni played 6 games more than Takahashi. Ayeni scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 28 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ayeni Takahashi
Aces 5 1
Avg per match 5 1
1st in 38/69 37/49
%1st in 55% 76%
1st pts 30/38 28/37
%1st pts 79% 76%
2nd pts 13/31 6/12
%2nd pts 42% 50%

Ayeni fired 5 aces . Takahashi recorded 1 ace . Ayeni won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ayeni Takahashi
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/7
% Converted 33% 57%
Conceded 8 4
Saved 5 4
% Saved 63% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ayeni dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Yusuke broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Ayeni
Q1
Picchione
Total
Score 1-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 23 23
pts 78-68 78-68
Total points 146 146
Winners 30 30
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 38/69 38/69
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 30/38 30/38
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 13/31 13/31
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Takahashi
Q1
Imamura
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 59-46 59-46
Total points 105 105
Winners 28 28
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 37/49 37/49
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 28/37 28/37
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 6/12 6/12
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 4/4 4
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Ayeni
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Takahashi
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2024 2023 2022
30 - 29
29 - 26
24-19
Hard
23-23
0-2
I Hard
6-3
6-8
Clay
0-0
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