Jordan Thompson and Rio Noguchi will clash against each other in the quarter of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.27
Rio Noguchi -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Rio Noguchi
There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-24 | 23-13 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Thompson got to the quarter after defeating James McCabe 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-3 7-5). During the match, Thompson scored 71 points vs Schoolkate’s 57. Jordan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thompson blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jordan Thompson lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Schoolkate 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Thompson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (387-255). 18-13 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Thompson has an overall 219-141 match record in the last years on hard.
Thompson’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Surbiton Challenger,the Nottingham Challenger and the Columbus 2 Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 39-25 win-loss record in 2022, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Calum Puttergill 6-0 6-3 and Luke Saville 6-77 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Saville, Noguchi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 7-5). During the match Noguchi scored 121 points vs Saville’s 110. Rio was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Noguchi managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rio Noguchi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 69% of his first serves in, winning 62% (51/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Noguchi broke Saville 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Noguchi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Harmon,Nova,M25 Sapporo and M25 Kashiwa.
Rio has a composed 51-17 win-loss record in 2022, 38-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 50 |
| Pts | 163-145 | 188-151 |
| Total Points | 308 | 339 |
| Winners | 80 | 82 |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% |
Both Thompson and Noguchi played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jordan Thompson conceded 1 set, while Rio Noguchi dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Noguchi have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Thompson played 1 game less than Noguchi. Thompson scored 80 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Rio managed to score 82 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 110/158 | 124/166 |
| %1st in | 70% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 80/110 | 82/124 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 21/48 | 26/42 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 62% |
Thompson scored 15 aces (7.5 per match). Noguchi fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Thompson won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 58% | 55% |
| Conceded | 14 | 15 |
| Saved | 11 | 10 |
| % Saved | 79% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Jordan surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Rio conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | ||||
| R1 McCabe |
R2 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 21 | 49 | |
| pts | 92-88 | 71-57 | 163-145 | |
| Total points | 180 | 128 | 308 | |
| Winners | 53 | 27 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 38% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 73/96 | 37/62 | 110/158 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 60% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 53/73 | 27/37 | 80/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 12/25 | 21/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 48% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 71% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 60% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Noguchi | ||||
| R1 Puttergill |
R2 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-77 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 35 | 50 | |
| pts | 67-41 | 121-110 | 188-151 | |
| Total points | 108 | 231 | 339 | |
| Winners | 31 | 51 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/48 | 82/118 | 124/166 | |
| % 1st in | 88% | 69% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 51/82 | 82/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 62% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/6 | 22/36 | 26/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 61% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 7/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 88% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 55% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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