Valentin Vacherot and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.56
Valentin Vacherot -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
20 - 15win/loss
14
14
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-16 | 13-12 | 6-4 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-24 | 18-9 | 24-12 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 18, Vacherot will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-4 7-6(5) to Lloyd in the 2nd round on the 26th of September.
Valentin has a compiled 20-15 win-loss record in 2026, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Valentin has an overall 295-157 record. He has a positive 134-58 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Vacherot has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Blockx
37 - 17win/loss
28
27
LLLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-19 | 16-10 | 16-6 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-28 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 23-11 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27 (career-high), the Belgian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 7-5 3-2 ret. to Khachanov in the quarter on the 9th of September.
Alexander has an overall 37-17 win-loss record in 2026, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Rafael Jodar in the final 6-4 6-4.
In terms of his career, Blockx has an overall 157-91 record. He has a positive 44-33 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Jaime FariaFaria (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Jaime FariaFaria (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Tommy PaulPaul (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
