Arthur Fils and Valentin Vacherot will square off in the quarter of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.2
Valentin Vacherot -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Valentin Vacherot
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Fils and Valentin Vacherot square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Fils won 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2026.
Highlights Arthur Fils vs Valentin Vacherot – Miami 24-March-2026
Arthur Fils
36 - 11win/loss
10
9
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-12 | 24-7 | 9-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-11 | 10-6 | 10-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-28 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 7-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 9 (career-high), the French player reached the quarter after beating Martin Damm 2-6 6-1 6-1, Kamil Majchrzak 6-2 3-6 6-1, Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-2 and Frances Tiafoe 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Tiafoe (6-3 7-5). During the match, Fils scored 69 points vs Tiafoe’s 57. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fils managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Arthur Fils was quite effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fils broke Tiafoe twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fils started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
ATP Tokyo - Arthur Fils's projected path
Fils has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (220-130). 24-6 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Fils has a composed57-28 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Barcelona where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 7-6(2) and in Cincinnati where he beat Frances Tiafoe in the final 6-3 1-6 6-0.
Fils has a compiled 36-11 win-loss record in 2026, 24-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Valentin Vacherot
22 - 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, the Monegasque reached the quarter after defeating Alexander Blockx 7-6(2) 7-6(4) and Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Tsitsipas, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4).During the match Vacherot scored less points (2) than Tsitsipas. In fact, the world no. 9 won 94 points vs Tsitsipas’s. That means that Vacherot was more focused during the important points. Vacherot was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Vacherot managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (48/67) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vacherot broke Tsitsipas twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vacherot has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Tokyo - Valentin Vacherot's projected path
Vacherot has a composed 22-15 win-loss record in 2026, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fils | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 59 |
| Pts | 300-232 | 191-179 |
| Total Points | 532 | 370 |
| Winners | 124 | 100 |
| %Winners | 41% | 52% |
Fils played 4 matches while Vacherot competed in 2 matches. Fils started his run from the qualifications while Vacherot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Fils surrendered 2 sets, while Valentin Vacherot dropped 1 set. Fils has played 5 sets more than Vacherot (10 vs 5). Therefore, Fils played 25 games more than Vacherot. The French player scored 124 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Vacherot scored 100 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fils | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 160/261 | 133/180 |
| %1st in | 61% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 124/160 | 100/133 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 60/101 | 27/47 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 57% |
Fils managed to score 36 aces (9 per match). Vacherot scored 14 aces (7 per match). Fils won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fils | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 4 |
| Converted | 14/28 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 10 | 17 |
| Saved | 7 | 13 |
| % Saved | 70% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Arthur broke his opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Arthur dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fils | ||||||
| Q1 Damm |
Q3 Majchrzak |
R1 Van |
R2 Tiafoe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 84 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 77-60 | 76-55 | 69-57 | 300-232 | |
| Total points | 138 | 137 | 131 | 126 | 532 | |
| Winners | 33 | 31 | 34 | 26 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 45% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 42/71 | 42/69 | 33/62 | 160/261 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 59% | 61% | 53% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 31/42 | 34/42 | 26/33 | 124/160 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 74% | 81% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 18/29 | 13/27 | 20/29 | 60/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 62% | 48% | 69% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/4 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 14/28 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 100% | 30% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 100% | 100% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Vacherot | ||||||
| R1 Blockx |
R2 Tsitsipas |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-64 | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 26 | 33 | 59 | |||
| pts | 97-83 | 94-96 | 191-179 | |||
| Total points | 180 | 190 | 370 | |||
| Winners | 52 | 48 | 100 | |||
| %Winners | 54% | 51% | 52% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 1st in | 66/87 | 67/93 | 133/180 | |||
| % 1st in | 76% | 72% | 74% | |||
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 48/67 | 100/133 | |||
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 75% | |||
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 17/26 | 27/47 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 65% | 57% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/5 | 4/13 | |||
| Converted % | 25% | 40% | 31% | |||
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 17 | |||
| Saved | 7/9 | 6/8 | 13 | |||
| Saved % | 78% | 75% | 38% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
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