Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the qualifications of the Dallas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe is the pick to win this match.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 1.53
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Cedrik-Marcel Stebe vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Cedrik-Marcel Stebe and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
352
High
71
LWWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-15 0-1 18-9 10-4 0-0 0-1
2024 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 28-25 2-6 10-13 15-5 1-1 0-0
2021 14-20 4-7 9-9 1-1 0-3 0-0

Ranked no. 226, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Bjorn Fratangelo 3-6 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications against Fratangelo, Cedrik-Marcel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Stebe scored 75 points vs Fratangelo’s 70. Stebe was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Stebe fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cedrik-Marcel broke Fratangelo 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Stebe has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (177-111). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Stebe has an overall 43-23 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Cedrik-Marcel’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Forli 1 Challenger and the Forli 3 Challenger.

The German has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2022, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dallas

The German has never competed in this tournament before.

Dallas
Stebe's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
160
High
72
WWWWWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-24 18-18 0-0 6-1 7-5 0-0
2024 11-11 9-8 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 43-23 29-12 7-5 1-2 6-4 0-0
2022 40-22 19-11 6-4 15-7 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-9 2-3 6-4 2-1 0-0

Ranked no. 260, Watanuki got to the qualifications after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-75 7-64.

In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Escobedo (6-4 6-75 7-64). During the match Watanuki scored 116 points vs Escobedo’s 103. Yousuke was quite aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Watanuki overpowered his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yosuke Watanuki was quite effective on serve to win 88% (56/64) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Escobedo once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

The Japanese has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Dallas
Watanuki's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Stebe
Y.Watanuki
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
!
2h:29
2h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
36
36
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
75
75
Total points​
116
116
75
75
Avg point​
116
116
36
36
Winners
56
56
36
36
Avg Winners​
56
56
48%
48%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
31
31
8
8
Avg Aces
!
31
31
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
36/48
36/48
1st won total​
56/64
56/64
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
88%
88%
15/23
15/23
2nd won total​
23/36
23/36
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
1/5
1/5
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
1/5
1/5
!
75%
75%
Won
!
20%
20%
2
2
Conceded
3
3
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Stebe Watanuki
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 36
Pts 75-70 116-103
Total Points 145 219
Winners 36 56
%Winners 48% 48%

Both Stebe and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe conceded 1 set, while Yosuke Watanuki dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Stebe and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Stebe played 9 games less than Watanuki. Stebe scored 36 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke made 56 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Stebe Watanuki
Aces 8 31
Avg per match 8 31
1st in 48/71 64/100
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 36/48 56/64
%1st pts 75% 88%
2nd pts 15/23 23/36
%2nd pts 65% 64%

Stebe blasted 8 aces . Watanuki managed to score 31 aces . Stebe won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Stebe Watanuki
Won 3 1
Converted 3/4 1/5
% Converted 75% 20%
Conceded 2 3
Saved 1 3
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Cedrik-Marcel broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Cedrik-Marcel surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Watanuki broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Stebe
Q1
Fratangelo
Total
Score 3-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 75-70 75-70
Total points 145 145
Winners 36 36
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 48/71 48/71
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 36/48 36/48
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 15/23 15/23
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Watanuki
Q1
Escobedo
Total
Score 6-4 6-75 7-64
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 36 36
pts 116-103 116-103
Total points 219 219
Winners 56 56
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 31 31
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 64/100 64/100
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 56/64 56/64
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 23/36 23/36
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/5 1/5
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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