Yosuke Watanuki and Ben Shelton will face off in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.86
Ben Shelton -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 306, the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Alexis Galarneau 6-4 4-6 6-0 and Daniel Altmaier 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-2 6-1). During the match, Watanuki scored 62 points vs Altmaier’s 34. Yousuke was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yousuke started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (145-98). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has an aggregate36-12 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Watanuki has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
Ranked no. 678 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after beating Govind Nanda 6-4 6-4, Hunter Heck 6-3 6-3, Blaz Rola 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Pedja Krstin 4-6 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Krstin, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-1). During the match Shelton scored 84 points vs Krstin’s 51. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Shelton blasted 12 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Ben Shelton was very efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Krstin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelton started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shelton’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Champaign.
Shelton has an overall 18-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 90 |
| Pts | 160-111 | 305-245 |
| Total Points | 271 | 550 |
| Winners | 46 | 140 |
| %Winners | 29% | 46% |
Watanuki played 2 matches while Shelton competed in 4 matches. Shelton started his run from the qualifications while Watanuki had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Yosuke Watanuki conceded 1 set, while Ben Shelton surrendered 2 sets. Watanuki has played 5 set(s) less than Shelton (5 vs 10). Therefore, Watanuki played 49 games less than Shelton. Yousuke scored 46 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton recorded 140 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 62/118 | 186/275 |
| %1st in | 53% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 140/186 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 37/56 | 50/89 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 56% |
Watanuki bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Shelton made 31 aces (7.8 per match). Watanuki won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 15 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 43% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 26 |
| Saved | 5 | 21 |
| % Saved | 71% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Ben broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Galarneau |
R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| pts | 98-77 | 62-34 | 160-111 | |
| Total points | 175 | 96 | 271 | |
| Winners | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 26% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/76 | 20/42 | 62/118 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 48% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 16/20 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 17/22 | 37/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 77% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/8 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shelton | ||||||
| Q1 Nanda |
Q3 Heck |
R1 Rola |
R2 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 90 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 65-49 | 88-89 | 84-51 | 305-245 | |
| Total points | 124 | 114 | 177 | 135 | 550 | |
| Winners | 35 | 27 | 43 | 35 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% | 49% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 45/62 | 33/55 | 63/92 | 45/66 | 186/275 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 60% | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 27/33 | 43/63 | 35/45 | 140/186 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 68% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 11/22 | 17/29 | 15/21 | 50/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 50% | 59% | 71% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 75% | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 5/6 | 8/10 | 2/3 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 83% | 80% | 67% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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