Yusuke Takahashi and Calum Puttergill will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.43
Calum Puttergill -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Calum Puttergill
There is no head to head record between Yusuke Takahashi and Calum Puttergill since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 772, Takahashi got to the qualifications after defeating Nikita Volonski 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Volonski, Takahashi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Takahashi scored 84 points vs Volonski’s 79. Takahashi was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 82% of his first serves in, winning 63% (39/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Volonski 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Takahashi has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (153-137). 16-18 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Takahashi has an overall126-109 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Takahashi has a compiled 16-18 win-loss record in 2022, 16-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Yusuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Calum Puttergill
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-22 | 8-16 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 25-26 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 865, Puttergill reached the qualifications after beating Ethan Cook 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Puttergill had a good straight sets win against Cook (6-3 6-1). During the match Puttergill scored 55 points vs Cook’s 30. Calum was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Puttergill recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Calum Puttergill lost the serve once. Furthermore, Puttergill put 71% of his first serves in, winning 90% (27/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (4/12) on the 2nd serve. Puttergill broke Cook 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Australian has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2022, 22-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Takahashi | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 |
| Pts | 84-79 | 55-30 |
| Total Points | 163 | 85 |
| Winners | 39 | 27 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Takahashi and Puttergill played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yusuke Takahashi lost 1 set while Calum Puttergill hasn’t lost a set so far. Takahashi has played 1 set more than Puttergill (3 vs 2). Therefore, Takahashi played 10 games more than Puttergill. The Japanese scored 39 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 27 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Takahashi | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 62/76 | 30/42 |
| %1st in | 82% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 27/30 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 4/12 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 33% |
Takahashi recorded 1 ace . Puttergill also struck 3 aces . Takahashi won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Puttergill won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Takahashi | Puttergill |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 45% | 83% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 25% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Puttergill broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Puttergill conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Volonski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-79 | 84-79 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/76 | 62/76 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Puttergill | |||
| Q1 Cook |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-30 | 55-30 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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