Pablo Cuevas and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the quarter of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO VALLARTA. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.76
Pablo Cuevas -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 98, the Uruguayan reached the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-5 6-4 and Matias Franco Descotte 7-63 0-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Uruguayan defeated Franco Descotte (7-63 0-0 ret.). During the match, Cuevas scored 52 points vs Franco Descotte’s 39. Pablo was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas made 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Pablo Cuevas was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 86% (6/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Cuevas has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (251-176). 5-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cuevas has an aggregate 37-53 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Lyon Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 6-2 6-2.
Cuevas has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 278, Yousuke reached the quarter after beating Jose Statham 6-3 6-2 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-75 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Wu, Watanuki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-5 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 128 points vs Wu’s 113. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki blasted 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (47/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (34/61) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Wu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Yousuke’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Champaign Challenger.
Watanuki has a compiled 17-16 win-loss record in 2021, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 51 |
| Pts | 128-104 | 184-151 |
| Total Points | 232 | 335 |
| Winners | 55 | 72 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Cuevas and Watanuki played 2 matches. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki surrendered 1 set while Pablo Cuevas hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Cuevas and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Cuevas played 16 games less than Watanuki. Cuevas scored 55 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki made 72 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 77/101 | 102/182 |
| %1st in | 76% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 55/77 | 72/102 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 46/80 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Cuevas managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Watanuki struck 14 aces (7 per match). Cuevas won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% 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 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 36% | 57% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Uruguayan broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Pablo lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Franco Descotte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-63 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 | 35 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 52-39 | 128-104 | |
| Total points | 141 | 91 | 232 | |
| Winners | 29 | 26 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 31/38 | 77/101 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 82% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 26/31 | 55/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 84% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 6/7 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 86% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 0/4 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Statham |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 34 | 51 | |
| pts | 56-38 | 128-113 | 184-151 | |
| Total points | 94 | 241 | 335 | |
| Winners | 25 | 47 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 72/133 | 102/182 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 47/72 | 72/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 34/61 | 46/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/10 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 79% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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