Jack Draper and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the semifinal of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.50
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Jack Draper and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jack Draper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-13 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-15 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-19 | 12-6 | 2-2 | 26-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-16 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 17-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 201 (career-high), Draper reached the semifinal after defeating Mirza Basic 6-2 6-2, Quentin Halys 7-64 6-4 and Evan Furness 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-2 6-3). During the match, Draper scored 61 points vs Furness’s 40. Jack was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Draper recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jack Draper was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Draper broke Furness 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jack hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Draper has a fantastic record in the last 5 years having won 70% of his matches (117-50). 10-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draper has an aggregate40-15 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Draper’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Forli 2 Challenger.
Draper has an aggregate 10-2 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 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 got to the semifinal after beating Gianmarco Ferrari 7-64 6-3, Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 2-6 6-4, Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-4, Maximilian Marterer 5-7 6-2 6-3 and Gregoire Barrere 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Barrere (7-5 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 75 points vs Barrere’s 70. Watanuki was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Watanuki broke Barrere 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yousuke started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Yousuke has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Draper | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 117 |
| Pts | 199-147 | 399-335 |
| Total Points | 346 | 734 |
| Winners | 83 | 163 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Draper played 3 matches while Watanuki competed in 5 matches. Watanuki started his run from the qualifications while Draper had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki dropped 2 sets while Jack Draper hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Draper has played 6 set(s) less than Watanuki (6 vs 12). Therefore, Draper played 61 games less than Watanuki. The Brit scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki struck 163 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Draper | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 43 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 8.6 |
| 1st in | 95/164 | 203/360 |
| %1st in | 58% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 83/95 | 163/203 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 39/69 | 89/157 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Draper managed to score 22 aces (7.3 per match). Watanuki managed to score 43 aces (8.6 per match). Draper won 87% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Draper | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 15 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 7 | 20 |
| Saved | 6 | 16 |
| % Saved | 86% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Draper broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Draper | |||||
| R1 Basic |
R2 Halys |
1/4 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 17 | 56 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 73-64 | 61-40 | 199-147 | |
| Total points | 108 | 137 | 101 | 346 | |
| Winners | 25 | 37 | 21 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 34% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 43/72 | 24/44 | 95/164 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 37/43 | 21/24 | 83/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 86% | 88% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 16/29 | 12/20 | 39/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 57% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Watanuki | |||||||
| Q1 Ferrari |
Q3 Maestrelli |
R1 De |
R2 Marterer |
1/4 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 117 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 91-83 | 64-49 | 97-76 | 75-70 | 399-335 | |
| Total points | 129 | 174 | 113 | 173 | 145 | 734 | |
| Winners | 34 | 32 | 27 | 37 | 33 | 163 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 42% | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 39/73 | 32/58 | 43/81 | 45/82 | 203/360 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 53% | 55% | 53% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 32/39 | 27/32 | 37/43 | 33/45 | 163/203 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 84% | 86% | 73% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 19/34 | 15/26 | 22/38 | 17/37 | 89/157 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 56% | 58% | 58% | 46% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 30% | 60% | 80% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 6/6 | 5/6 | 5/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 100% | 83% | 83% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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