Yusuke Kusuhara and Hiroki Moriya will square off in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hiroki Moriya who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hiroki Moriya is the pick to win this match.
Hiroki Moriya -> 1.006
Yusuke Kusuhara -> 12.25

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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Kusuhara vs. Hiroki Moriya

There is no head to head record between Yusuke Kusuhara and Hiroki Moriya since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Yusuke Kusuhara

Yusuke Kusuhara

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Rank
644
High
638
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 40-17 40-16 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 15-13 10-9 3-1 2-3 0-0 0-0
2023 8-8 7-7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Japanese will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Sapporo where he lost 6-0 6-1 to Noguchi in the 1st round on the 7th of September.

The Japanese has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 2-1 record. He has a positive 2-1 record on hard.

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Yusuke has never competed in this tournament before.

Matsuyama Challenger
Kusuhara's Record

Hiroki Moriya

Hiroki Moriya

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Rank
467
High
143
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-24 24-24 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-32 36-28 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0
2023 31-28 31-27 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 27-30 18-19 0-0 7-9 1-1 1-1
2021 22-28 13-17 0-0 8-9 0-0 1-2

Ranked no. 216, Moriya will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 7-6(7) 0-6 6-4 to Cristian in the 1st round on the 31st of October.

The Japanese has an aggregate 26-27 win-loss record in 2022, 17-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham.

In terms of his career, Hiroki has an overall 467-415 record. He has a positive 313-265 record on hard.

Matsuyama Challenger
Moriya's Record

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