Yosuke Watanuki is about to play against Alex De Minaur on Thursday the 19th of May in Lyon. Here is an update about his live rankings.

Yosuke Watanuki is right now ranked no.263 with points as the Japanese no.5.

On the opposite side of the net, Alex De Minaur is presently ranked no.21 with the status of Australian no.1 with 1771 points before James Duckworth who has 848 points and is ranked no.70.

Live Rankings

Watanuki is 36 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.224. His career-best rank was no.171.

Depending on the other results, Yosuke Watanuki may gain 32 places to be the new world no.192 if he wins the upcoming match.

In his live rankings, out of 248 points, Yousuke has gained 86 points (35%) on Clay, 80 points (32%) on Indoor, 68 points (27%) on Hard Court and 14 points (6%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Watanuki is still ranked no.157 with the status of Japanese no.3.

H2H Yosuke Watanuki vs. Alex De Minaur

Watanuki and De Minaur have never played against each other so far on the main tour.

Watanuki in Lyon, ranking, and results in 2022

Yosuke Watanuki

31 - 24win/loss

Hard
18-18
I Hard
6-1
Grass
7-5
27 year old
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2025 Highlights

At the moment ranked no.263, Yousuke has a compiled 18-12 match record in 2022. Watanuki is currently playing in Lyon where he managed to beat Carlos Taberner 6-3 6-4, Pedro Martinez Portero 6-72 6-4 6-2 and Soon-Woo Kwon 6-3 6-4.

Yousuke Watanuki will take on the world no.21 Alex De Minaur in the quarter. In the past, they have never competed against each other up to now in top tournaments.

Lyon
Watanuki's Record
Projected
Draw

De Minaur in Lyon, ranking, and results in 2022

Alex De Minaur

59 - 30win/loss

Hard
33-14
I Hard
12-7
Clay
11-7
Grass
3-2
26 year old
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2025 Highlights

Currently ranked no.21, the Australian owns a composed 20-10 match record in 2022. Alex is playing at the moment in Lyon where he defeated Ugo Humbert 1-6 6-3 6-2.

Alex De Minaur will play the world no.263 Yousuke Watanuki in the quarter. They have never competed against each other up to now in top tournaments.

Alex won 5 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)

Lyon
De Minaur's Record
Projected
Draw