Yosuke Watanuki and Skander Mansouri will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Skander Mansouri who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Skander Mansouri is the pick to win this match.
Skander Mansouri -> 0
Yosuke Watanuki -> 0
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Skander Mansouri
This will be the 2nd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Skander Mansouri play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Watanuki won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the Newport Beach Challenger back in January 2020.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 262, Watanuki got to the 1st round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 7-5 and Arthur Rinderknech 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (7-65 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 75 points vs Rinderknech’s 59. Watanuki was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Watanuki broke Rinderknech twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watanuki hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a weak record in the last 6 years having won 26% of his matches (81-28). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 75-52 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Watanuki has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Yousuke didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Skander Mansouri
Ranked no. 387, Mansouri reached the 1st round after beating Goncalo Oliveira 7-5 7-64 and Dmitry Popko 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-3 6-4). During the match Mansouri scored 74 points vs Popko’s 62. Mansouri was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Mansouri blasted 10 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Skander Mansouri lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Mansouri put 59% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Popko 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Tunisian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Mansouri has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 74% of his matches (14-5). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mansouri has a 13-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Tunisian has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Skander didn’t compete in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Mansouri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 44 |
| Pts | 151-123 | 163-141 |
| Total Points | 274 | 304 |
| Winners | 62 | 67 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Watanuki and Mansouri played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Mansouri have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Watanuki played 1 games less than Mansouri. The Japanese scored 62 winners (41% on total points). On the other side, Mansouri blasted 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Mansouri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 73/136 | 79/155 |
| %1st in | 54% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 62/73 | 67/79 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 33/63 | 37/76 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 49% |
Watanuki blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Mansouri blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Watanuki won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mansouri won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Mansouri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 26% |
| Conceded | 11 | 15 |
| Saved | 9 | 13 |
| % Saved | 82% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 5 times with 29% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Skander broke his opponents 5 times with 26% conversion rate. Skander conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Vukic |
R2 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 75-59 | 151-123 | |
| Total points | 140 | 134 | 274 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 35/63 | 73/136 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 32/35 | 62/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 91% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 15/28 | 33/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 54% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/7 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mansouri | ||||
| R1 Oliveira |
R2 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 44 | |
| pts | 89-79 | 74-62 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 168 | 136 | 304 | |
| Winners | 31 | 36 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 35/80 | 44/75 | 79/155 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 59% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 36/44 | 67/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 82% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 12/31 | 37/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 39% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 3/8 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 38% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 12/13 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 92% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Roberto CidCid (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Denis KudlaKudla – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (1-1) – See H2H details
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-1) – See H2H details
- Michael MmohMmoh – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (2-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (0-0) – See H2H details
