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H2H, prediction of Hikaru Shiraishi vs Ryotaro Taguchi in Yokkaichi Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 25th November 2024

PREVIEW. Yokkaichi Challenger. Shiraishi and Taguchi will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Monday the 25th of November

Mark Hall

24 November 2024

Prediction and head to head Hikaru Shiraishi vs. Ryotaro Taguchi

Hikaru Shiraishi and Ryotaro Taguchi will face off in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on SUB-CENTRE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ryotaro Taguchi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ryotaro Taguchi is the pick to win this match.
Ryotaro Taguchi -> 1.86
Hikaru Shiraishi -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Hikaru Shiraishi vs. Ryotaro Taguchi

This will be the 3^rd time that Hikaru Shiraishi and Ryotaro Taguchi play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shiraishi and Taguchi (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shiraishi won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Tokyo back in March 2024.

Hikaru Shiraishi

23 - 17win/loss

Hard

21-13

I Hard

1-3

Clay

1-1

Rank
463

High
463

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	23-17	21-13	1-1	1-3	0-0	0-0
2023	52-22	50-21	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	18-6	18-5	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0
2021	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 463 (career-high), the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Hayato Matsuoka 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Matsuoka (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-4).During the match, Shiraishi scored less points (2) than Matsuoka. In fact, the world no. 463 won 104 points vs Matsuoka’s. That means that Shiraishi was more focused during the important points. Hikaru was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shiraishi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Hikaru Shiraishi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shiraishi put 57% of his first serves in, winning 55% (29/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Matsuoka 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Shiraishi has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (93-45). 21-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shiraishi has an aggregate89-39 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

Hikaru’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.

Shiraishi has an overall 23-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Yokkaichi Challenger

Shiraishi's Record

Ryotaro Taguchi

40 - 20win/loss

Hard

38-18

I Hard

0-0

Clay

2-2

Rank
545

High
545

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	40-20	38-18	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0
2023	39-18	39-18	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	5-2	5-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 545 (career-high), Taguchi reached the qualifications after defeating Shion Motoyama 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Motoyama (6-1 6-2). During the match Taguchi scored 58 points vs Motoyama’s 27. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Taguchi was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ryotaro Taguchi was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ryotaro broke Motoyama 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Ryotaro’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Hinode,Tokyo,M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin,M25 Taipei and M25 Huzhou.

Ryotaro has an overall 40-20 win-loss record in 2024, 38-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Taguchi has never competed in this tournament before.

Yokkaichi Challenger

Taguchi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Shiraishi

R.Taguchi

3h:00

Time on court

0h:58

3h:00

Last match

0h:58

Match played

Games Played

Set played

104

Total points

104

Avg point

Winners

Avg Winners

28%

Ratio winners

36%

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Aces

Avg Aces

Double Faults

Avg Double Faults

29/53

1st won total

21/26

55%

1st won %

81%

22/40

2nd won total

13/17

55%

2nd won %

76%

-- Break Points --

5/12

BP won

4/8

5/12

Avg BP won

4/8

42%

Won

50%

Conceded

Avg Conceded

Broken

Avg Broken

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shiraishi	Taguchi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	32	15
Pts	104-106	58-27
Total Points	210	85
Winners	29	21
%Winners	28%	36%

Both Shiraishi and Taguchi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Hikaru Shiraishi lost 1 set while Ryotaro Taguchi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shiraishi has played 1 set more than Taguchi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shiraishi played 17 games more than Taguchi. Shiraishi scored 29 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Ryotaro made 21 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shiraishi	Taguchi
Aces	1	0
Avg per match	1	0
1st in	53/93	26/43
%1st in	57%	60%
1st pts	29/53	21/26
%1st pts	55%	81%
2nd pts	22/40	13/17
%2nd pts	55%	76%

Shiraishi fired 1 ace . Taguchi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shiraishi won 55% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Taguchi won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shiraishi	Taguchi
Won	5	4
Converted	5/12	4/8
% Converted	42%	50%
Conceded	7	2
Saved	2	2
% Saved	29%	100%
Times Broken	5	0

The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Hikaru dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Taguchi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

	Q1 Matsuoka	Total
Shiraishi
Score	7-6⁶ 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	104-106	104-106
Total points	210	210
Winners	29	29
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	53/93	53/93
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	29/53	29/53
% 1st pts	55%	55%
2nd pts	22/40	22/40
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	2/7	2
Saved %	29%	29%
Times Broken	5	5

	Q1 Motoyama	Total
Taguchi
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	58-27	58-27
Total points	85	85
Winners	21	21
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	26/43	26/43
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	21/26	21/26
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	13/17	13/17
% 2nd pts	76%	76%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0