H2H, prediction of Blake Ellis vs Yosuke Watanuki at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Ellis and Watanuki will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of January

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Prediction and head to head Blake Ellis vs. Yosuke Watanuki

Blake Ellis and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.25
Blake Ellis -> 3.8

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Prediction and head to head Blake Ellis vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Blake Ellis and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Blake Ellis

Blake Ellis
Blake Ellis

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
338
High
319
WL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 49-31 41-26 1-1 0-0 7-4 0-0
2023 51-29 43-25 0-0 4-2 4-2 0-0
2022 13-11 13-11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 24-14 16-8 0-0 8-5 0-0 0-1
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Ranked no. 338, Ellis got to the qualifications after beating Antoine Escoffier 6-2 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-2 6-1). During the match, Ellis scored 59 points vs Escoffier’s 30. Ellis was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ellis blasted 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Blake Ellis was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blake broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Ellis has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (226-162). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ellis has an aggregate 182-137 match record in the last years on hard.

Blake has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Ellis
Australian Open
Ellis's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki
Yosuke Watanuki

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
345
High
72
WWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 11-11 9-8 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 43-23 29-12 7-5 1-2 6-4 0-0
2022 40-22 19-11 6-4 15-7 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-9 2-3 6-4 2-1 0-0
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Ranked no. 345, Watanuki reached the qualifications after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-3 7-63). During the match Watanuki scored 77 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 63. Yousuke was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Watanuki struck 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yousuke broke Manuel Cerundolo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Yousuke has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Watanuki
Australian Open
Watanuki's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Ellis
Y.Watanuki
0h:58
0h:58
Time on court​
!
1h:34
1h:34
!
0h:58
0h:58
Last match​
1h:34
1h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
77
77
59
59
Avg point​
77
77
17
17
Winners
27
27
17
17
Avg Winners​
27
27
29%
29%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
9
9
2
2
Avg Aces
9
9
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
17/22
17/22
1st won total​
27/35
27/35
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
15/23
15/23
2nd won total​
15/27
15/27
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
BP won
4/7
4/7
5/6
5/6
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
83%
83%
Won
!
57%
57%
1
1
Conceded
3
3
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
0
0
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ellis Watanuki
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 22
Pts 59-30 77-63
Total Points 89 140
Winners 17 27
%Winners 29% 35%

Both Ellis and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ellis and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ellis played 7 games less than Watanuki. Blake scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke struck 27 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ellis Watanuki
Aces 2 9
Avg per match 2 9
1st in 22/45 35/62
%1st in 49% 56%
1st pts 17/22 27/35
%1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 15/23 15/27
%2nd pts 65% 56%

Ellis bagged 2 aces . Watanuki made 9 aces . Ellis won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ellis Watanuki
Won 5 4
Converted 5/6 4/7
% Converted 83% 57%
Conceded 1 3
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 33%
Times Broken 1 2

The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Ellis surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Watanuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Ellis
Q1
Escoffier		 Total
Score 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 59-30 59-30
Total points 89 89
Winners 17 17
%Winners 29% 29%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 22/45 22/45
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 17/22 17/22
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 15/23 15/23
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/6 5/6
Converted % 83% 83%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Watanuki
Q1
Manuel		 Total
Score 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 77-63 77-63
Total points 140 140
Winners 27 27
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 35/62 35/62
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 27/35 27/35
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 15/27 15/27
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Blake Ellis
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 1Minor
Yosuke Watanuki
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 5Minor

Blake
Ellis

0:0

Yosuke
Watanuki

Rank

338

High

319

0h:58Played
Rank

345

High

72

1h:34Played
Win Loss
Ellis
WL
Watanuki
WWW
2025 2024 2023
1 - 1
3 - 0
1-1
Hard
3-0

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