Gregoire Barrere and Yosuke Watanuki will clash against each other in the quarter of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. 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 Gregoire Barrere who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gregoire Barrere is the pick to win this match.
Gregoire Barrere -> 1.57
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Gregoire Barrere and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gregoire Barrere
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 1-3 | 16-10 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-31 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 17-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 10-7 | 8-10 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 7-4 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 166, Gregoire reached the quarter after beating Giulio Zeppieri 6-3 6-4 and Benjamin Hassan 6-1 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-1 3-0 ret.). During the match, Barrere scored 38 points vs Hassan’s 18. Gregoire was quite aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Regarding the service games, Barrere bagged 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Gregoire Barrere was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (12/14) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Hassan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Barrere has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (348-239). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barrere has an aggregate 158-94 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Gregoire’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The French player has an overall 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Gianmarco Ferrari 7-64 6-3, Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 2-6 6-4, Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-4 and Maximilian Marterer 5-7 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Marterer, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 97 points vs Marterer’s 76. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was very efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yousuke broke Marterer 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watanuki 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.
Watanuki has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrere | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 96 |
| Pts | 99-61 | 324-265 |
| Total Points | 160 | 589 |
| Winners | 39 | 130 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Barrere played 2 matches while Watanuki competed in 4 matches. Watanuki started his run from the qualifications while Barrere had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki dropped 2 sets while Gregoire Barrere hasn’t dropped a set so far. Barrere has played 5 set(s) less than Watanuki (5 vs 10). Therefore, Barrere played 67 games less than Watanuki. Barrere scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki bagged 130 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrere | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 158/278 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 130/158 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 72/120 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 60% |
Barrere scored 6 aces (3 per match). Watanuki made 34 aces (8.5 per match). Barrere won 85% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrere | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Barrere pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Barrere | ||||
| R1 Zeppieri |
R2 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 10 | 29 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 38-18 | 99-61 | |
| Total points | 104 | 56 | 160 | |
| Winners | 27 | 12 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 14/28 | 46/82 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 50% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 12/14 | 39/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 86% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 9/14 | 24/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 64% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/7 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Watanuki | ||||||
| Q1 Ferrari |
Q3 Maestrelli |
R1 De |
R2 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 96 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 91-83 | 64-49 | 97-76 | 324-265 | |
| Total points | 129 | 174 | 113 | 173 | 589 | |
| Winners | 34 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 39/73 | 32/58 | 43/81 | 158/278 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 53% | 55% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 32/39 | 27/32 | 37/43 | 130/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 84% | 86% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 19/34 | 15/26 | 22/38 | 72/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 56% | 58% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 60% | 80% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 6/6 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 100% | 83% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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