Yosuke Watanuki and Ulises Blanch will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.40
Ulises Blanch -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 262, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 7-5, Arthur Rinderknech 7-65 6-3 and Skander Mansouri 6-4 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Mansouri (6-4 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 68 points vs Mansouri’s 51. Yousuke was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Mansouri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a weak record in the last 6 years having won 24% of his matches (87-28). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has a 76-52 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Yousuke didn’t compete in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 266, Ulises reached the quarter after defeating Vasil Kirkov 6-2 6-3, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5 6-3 and Maxime Cressy 7-66 5-7 7-64.
In the 3rd round, The American defeated Cressy (7-66 5-7 7-64).-101) than Cressy. In fact, the world no. 262 won 101 points vs Cressy’s. That means that Blanch was more focused during the important points. Ulises was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch blasted 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ulises Blanch was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (58/70) of his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanch has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Blanch has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 91% of his matches (60-6). 10-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has a 42-33 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Ulises’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Ann Arbor Challenger.
Ulises has a 13-3 win-loss record in 2020, 10-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Ulises reached the 3rd round last year in Cleveland Challenger before retiring against Noah Rubin when he was 6-3 3-6 4-2 ret.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 76 |
| Pts | 219-174 | 232-201 |
| Total Points | 393 | 433 |
| Winners | 86 | 110 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Watanuki and Blanch played 3 matches. At the moment, Ulises Blanch conceded 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 sets less than Blanch (6 vs 7). Therefore, Watanuki played 14 games less than Blanch. Watanuki scored 86 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 110 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 12.7 |
| 1st in | 102/188 | 139/228 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 86/102 | 110/139 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 49/86 | 55/89 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 62% |
Watanuki blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Blanch blasted 38 aces (12.7 per match). Watanuki won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 58% |
| Conceded | 14 | 9 |
| Saved | 12 | 6 |
| % Saved | 86% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with 36% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponents 7 times with 58% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||||
| R1 Vukic |
R2 Rinderknech |
R3 Mansouri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 75-59 | 68-51 | 219-174 | |
| Total points | 140 | 134 | 119 | 393 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 24 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 35/63 | 29/52 | 102/188 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 32/35 | 24/29 | 86/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 91% | 83% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 15/28 | 16/23 | 49/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 54% | 70% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/7 | 3/5 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 29% | 60% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | -33 | |
| Blanch | |||||
| R1 Kirkov |
R2 Menendez-Maceiras |
R3 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-66 5-7 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | 76 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 69-51 | 101-109 | 232-201 | |
| Total points | 103 | 120 | 210 | 433 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 58 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 57% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 17 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 34/61 | 70/112 | 139/228 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 27/34 | 58/70 | 110/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 17/27 | 25/42 | 55/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 0% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 83% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWL Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Maxime CressyCressy (7-66 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (7-63 4-6 7-60) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(0)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis KudlaKudla – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-2) – See H2H details
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (1-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – See H2H details
