Kyle Seelig and Yusuke Takahashi will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kyle Seelig who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kyle Seelig is the pick to win this match.
Kyle Seelig -> 1.35
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.98
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Prediction and head to head Kyle Seelig vs. Yusuke Takahashi
There is no head to head record between Kyle Seelig and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Kyle Seelig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16-11 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 32-20 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-17 | 47-15 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Seelig will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Saville in the 1st round on the 26th of October.
The American has a compiled 38-22 win-loss record in 2022, 26-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Seelig’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Netanya,M15 Pittsburgh and M25 Darwin.
Talking about his overall career, Kyle has an overall 110-58 record. He has a positive 76-37 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Kyle has never competed in this tournament before.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-14 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 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. 741, Takahashi reached the 1st round after defeating Nikita Volonski 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Calum Puttergill 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Puttergill, Yusuke recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3).During the match Takahashi scored less points (7) than Puttergill. In fact, the world no. 402 won 81 points vs Puttergill’s. That means that Takahashi was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 82% of his first serves in, winning 53% (36/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Puttergill 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an aggregate 17-18 win-loss record in 2022, 17-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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