Daniel Altmaier and Yosuke Watanuki will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Altmaier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Altmaier is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Altmaier -> 1.46
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Altmaier vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Daniel Altmaier and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Daniel Altmaier
Ranked no. 98 (career-high), Daniel got to the 2nd round after beating Malek Jaziri 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Jaziri (6-3 6-4). During the match, Altmaier scored 69 points vs Jaziri’s 48. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Altmaier managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Daniel Altmaier was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (32/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Altmaier broke Jaziri twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Altmaier has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (289-158). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Altmaier has a composed22-14 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Braunschweig Challenger where he beat Henri Laaksonen in the final 6-1 6-2 and in the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3.
Altmaier has a composed 44-26 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 306, Watanuki reached the 2nd round after beating Alexis Galarneau 6-4 4-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Watanuki defeated Galarneau (6-4 4-6 6-0). During the match Watanuki scored 98 points vs Galarneau’s 77. Watanuki was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Watanuki broke Galarneau 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
The Japanese has an aggregate 13-15 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Altmaier | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 69-48 | 98-77 |
| Total Points | 117 | 175 |
| Winners | 32 | 30 |
| %Winners | 46% | 31% |
Both Altmaier and Watanuki played 1 match. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki dropped 1 set while Daniel Altmaier hasn’t dropped a set so far. Altmaier has played 1 set(s) less than Watanuki (2 vs 3). Therefore, Altmaier played 7 games less than Watanuki. Daniel scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke blasted 30 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Altmaier | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 42/76 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 30/42 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Altmaier made 8 aces . Watanuki recorded 3 aces . Altmaier won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Altmaier | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Altmaier had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Watanuki broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Altmaier | |||
| R1 Jaziri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 69-48 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/36 | 32/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 98-77 | 98-77 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/76 | 42/76 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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