Dominik Koepfer and Yosuke Watanuki will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.80
Dominik Koepfer -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Koepfer vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Dominik Koepfer and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominik Koepfer
Ranked no. 92, Dominik got to the 3rd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Koepfer defeated Kirchheimer (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match Koepfer scored 92 points vs Kirchheimer’s 90. Koepfer was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Koepfer blasted 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Dominik Koepfer lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Koepfer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (48/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Dominik broke Kirchheimer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Koepfer has a weak record in the last 5 years having won 41% of his matches (62-43). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Koepfer has a 89-71 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Dallas Challenger.
Koepfer has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Drummondville Challenger
The German didn’t compete in the Drummondville Challenger in 2019.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 214, Watanuki got to the 3rd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 5-7 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Watanuki defeated Blancaneaux (6-2 5-7 7-64). During the match Watanuki scored 113 points vs Blancaneaux’s 108. Yousuke was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 50% of his first serves in, winning 82% (46/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (23/56) on the 2nd serve. Yousuke broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Watanuki has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 76% of his matches (105-34). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a 79-53 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Watanuki’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Cleveland Challenger.
Yousuke has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Drummondville Challenger
Watanuki didn’t compete in the Drummondville Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Koepfer | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 33 |
| Pts | 92-90 | 113-108 |
| Total Points | 182 | 221 |
| Winners | 48 | 46 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Both Koepfer and Watanuki played 1 matche. Both players lost a set in the event. Dominik Koepfer conceded 1 set, while Yosuke Watanuki dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Koepfer and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Koepfer played 2 games less than Watanuki. Koepfer scored 48 winners (52% on total points). On the other side, Watanuki blasted 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Koepfer | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 56/112 |
| %1st in | 65% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 46/56 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 23/56 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 41% |
Koepfer blasted 5 aces . Watanuki blasted 9 aces . Koepfer won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Koepfer | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 27% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The German broke his opponent 3 times with 50% conversion rate. Koepfer conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponent 4 times with 27% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Koepfer | |||
| R2 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 63/97 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 113-108 | 113-108 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/112 | 56/112 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 46/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/56 | 23/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Evan SongSong (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tobias SimonSimon (6-3 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Vasil KirkovKirkov (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 5-7 7-64) – See score progression
- Roberto CidCid – Alejandro GomezGomez (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam CaruanaCaruana – Brayden SchnurSchnur (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Taha BaadiBaadi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Ricardo Rodriguez-PaceRodriguez-Pace (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen – Go SoedaSoeda (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto CidCid – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – See H2H details
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Tobias KamkeKamke (0-0) – See H2H details
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (0-1) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (0-0) – See H2H details
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – See H2H details
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – See H2H details
- Maxime CressyCressy – Liam CaruanaCaruana (1-0) – See H2H details
