Jeff Wolf and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the 3rd round of the Dallas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on HAMILTON FAMILY STADIUM. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.57
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Jeff Wolf
Ranked no. 183, Jeff got to the 3rd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 7-67 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Jeff had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (7-67 6-3). During the match Wolf scored 86 points vs Escobedo’s 75. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Wolf blasted 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jeff Wolf was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Escobedo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Wolf has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (13-17). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wolf has a 28-22 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
The American has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 265, Yousuke reached the 3rd round after beating Sebastian Korda 6-3 7-5 and Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Schnur (6-2 6-4). During the match Watanuki scored 66 points vs Schnur’s 46. Yousuke was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Schnur 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yousuke hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 76% of his matches (69-22). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 73-51 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Yousuke has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
Watanuki didn’t compete in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wolf | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 39 |
| Pts | 86-75 | 147-113 |
| Total Points | 161 | 260 |
| Winners | 29 | 61 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Wolf played 1 match while Watanuki competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Wolf has played 2 sets less than Watanuki (2 vs 4). Therefore, Wolf played 17 games less than Watanuki. Wolf scored 29 winners (34% on total points). On the other side, Yousuke blasted 61 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wolf | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 41/79 | 85/138 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 61/85 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 29/53 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Wolf blasted 15 aces . Watanuki blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Wolf won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wolf | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Jeff broke his opponent 3 times with 38% conversion rate. Jeff conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponents 7 times with 54% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wolf | |||
| R2 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-75 | 86-75 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/79 | 41/79 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Korda |
R2 Schnur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 39 | |
| pts | 81-67 | 66-46 | 147-113 | |
| Total points | 148 | 112 | 260 | |
| Winners | 34 | 27 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/89 | 35/49 | 85/138 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 27/35 | 61/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 10/14 | 29/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 71% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Joao MenezesMenezes – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details
- Michael MmohMmoh – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – See H2H details
