Tobias Simon and Yusuke Takahashi will play each other in the 3rd round of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on GRANDSTAND 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 Tobias Simon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tobias Simon is the pick to win this match.
Tobias Simon -> 1.72
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.00

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Prediction and head to head Tobias Simon vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Tobias Simon and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tobias Simon

Ranked no. 441, Simon reached the 3rd round after defeating Taha Baadi 7-62 6-2 and Manuel Guinard 6-73 7-64 7-64.

In the 2nd round against Guinard, Tobias recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-64 7-64). During the match Simon scored 131 points vs Guinard’s 129. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about serving, Simon buried his opponent with 39 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Tobias Simon was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (63/79) of his 1st serve and 54% (27/50) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Guinard once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Simon has a weak record in the last 7 years having won 39% of his matches (79-50). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Simon has a 49-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Tobias has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Calgary Challenger

The German didn’t play in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 457, Yusuke reached the 3rd round after defeating Quentin Robert (1994) 6-4 6-4 and Tatsuma Ito 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Ito (6-3 6-3). During the match Takahashi scored 71 points vs Ito’s 55. Takahashi was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Takahashi broke Ito 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yusuke hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Takahashi has a negative win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 48% of his matches (12-13). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Takahashi has a 34-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Takahashi has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Last year in the Calgary Challenger

The Japanese didn’t play in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Simon Takahashi
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 60 38
Pts 202-179 138-109
Total Points 381 247
Winners 91 50
%Winners 45% 36%

Both Simon and Takahashi played 2 matches. At the moment, Tobias Simon lost 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Simon has played 1 sets more than Takahashi (5 vs 4). Therefore, Simon played 22 games more than Takahashi. Simon scored 91 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Takahashi blasted 50 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Simon Takahashi
Aces 59 1
Avg per match 29.5 0.5
1st in 107/181 68/118
%1st in 59% 58%
1st pts 91/107 50/68
%1st pts 85% 74%
2nd pts 44/74 31/50
%2nd pts 59% 62%

Simon blasted 59 aces (29.5 per match). Takahashi blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Simon won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 74% 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 Simon Takahashi
Won 3 7
Converted 3/14 7/13
% Converted 21% 54%
Conceded 1 8
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 75%
Times Broken 1 2

Tobias broke his opponents 3 times with 21% conversion rate. Simon conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponents 7 times with 54% conversion rate. Takahashi conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Simon
R1
Baadi		 R2
Guinard		 Total
Score 7-62 6-2 6-73 7-64 7-64
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 39 60
pts 71-50 131-129 202-179
Total points 121 260 381
Winners 28 63 91
%Winners 39% 48% 45%
SERVE
Aces 20 39 59
Double Faults 5 11 16
1st in 28/52 79/129 107/181
% 1st in 54% 61% 59%
1st pts 28/28 63/79 91/107
% 1st pts 100% 80% 85%
2nd pts 17/24 27/50 44/74
% 2nd pts 71% 54% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 1 3
Converted 2/6 1/8 3/14
Converted % 33% 13% 21%
Conceded 0 1 1
Saved 0/0 0/1 0
Saved % – 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 1 -50
Takahashi
R1
Robert (1994)		 R2
Ito		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 18 38
pts 67-54 71-55 138-109
Total points 121 126 247
Winners 25 25 50
%Winners 37% 35% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 34/57 34/61 68/118
% 1st in 60% 56% 58%
1st pts 25/34 25/34 50/68
% 1st pts 74% 74% 74%
2nd pts 13/23 18/27 31/50
% 2nd pts 57% 67% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/7 3/6 7/13
Converted % 57% 50% 54%
Conceded 3 5 8
Saved 1/3 5/5 6
Saved % 33% 100% 67%
Times Broken 2 0 0

Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger

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