Yosuke Watanuki and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT B. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.26
Beibit Zhukayev -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 242, Yousuke got to the 2nd round after beating Yunseong Chung 7-5 6-72 5-3 ret..
In the 1st round, Watanuki defeated Chung (7-5 6-72 5-3 ret.). During the match, Watanuki scored 99 points vs Chung’s 87. Watanuki was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watanuki scored 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Watanuki broke Chung 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Watanuki has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (159-109). 7-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has an overall91-57 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Watanuki’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Forli 4 Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 23-18 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 6-8 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 395, Zhukayev reached the 2nd round after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 7-64 7-64.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (7-64 7-64).During the match Zhukayev scored less points (3) than Donskoy. In fact, the world no. 242 won 85 points vs Donskoy’s. That means that Zhukayev was more focused during the important points. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was very effective on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Donskoy once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Beibit’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Sultan.
Zhukayev has an aggregate 35-21 win-loss record in 2022, 28-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 26 |
| Pts | 99-87 | 85-88 |
| Total Points | 186 | 173 |
| Winners | 44 | 42 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Both Watanuki and Zhukayev played 1 match. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki lost 1 set while Beibit Zhukayev hasn’t lost a set so far. Watanuki has played 2 sets more than Zhukayev (4 vs 2). Therefore, Watanuki played 7 games more than Zhukayev. Watanuki scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit made 42 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/92 | 54/90 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 42/54 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 19/36 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Watanuki scored 16 aces . Zhukayev managed to score 7 aces . Watanuki won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 17% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Watanuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-72 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 99-87 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/92 | 50/92 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 44/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zhukayev | |||
| R1 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 85-88 | 85-88 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 54/90 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Gage BrymerBrymer – James McCabeMcCabe (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Makoto OchiOchi – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pruchya IsarowIsarow (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Yuttana CharoenphonCharoenphon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-72 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Ben PataelPatael (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Pol WattanakulWattanakul (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis IstominIstomin – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Gage BrymerBrymer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yshai OlielOliel – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Stuart ParkerParker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
