Koki Matsuda and Shuichi Sekiguchi will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shuichi Sekiguchi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shuichi Sekiguchi is the pick to win this match.
Shuichi Sekiguchi -> 1.34
Koki Matsuda -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Koki Matsuda vs. Shuichi Sekiguchi
There is no head to head record between Koki Matsuda and Shuichi Sekiguchi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Koki Matsuda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-6 | 8-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-21 | 18-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Koki got to the 1st round after beating Arjun Kadhe 7-61 6-2 and Yuta Shimizu 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Koki had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (6-0 6-3). During the match, Matsuda scored 54 points vs Shimizu’s 31. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Matsuda scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Koki Matsuda was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matsuda broke Shimizu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Matsuda has a fantastic match record in the last 1 years having won 80% of his matches (4-1). 4-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Matsuda has an aggregate4-1 win-loss record in the last 1 years on hard.
The Japanese has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Matsuda has never competed in this tournament before.
Shuichi Sekiguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 23-14 | 22-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-14 | 28-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-22 | 47-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 587, Shuichi reached the 1st round after defeating Beibit Zhukayev 4-6 6-3 7-63 and Makoto Ochi 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Sekiguchi had a good straight sets win against Ochi (7-5 7-5). During the match Sekiguchi scored 86 points vs Ochi’s 74. Sekiguchi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Sekiguchi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Shuichi Sekiguchi was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Ochi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shuichi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Sekiguchi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion and M25 Sapporo.
Sekiguchi has a composed 26-12 win-loss record in 2022, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Matsuda | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 56 |
| Pts | 129-95 | 183-163 |
| Total Points | 224 | 346 |
| Winners | 54 | 73 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Matsuda and Sekiguchi played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Shuichi Sekiguchi surrendered 1 set while Koki Matsuda hasn’t lost a set so far. Matsuda has played 1 set(s) less than Sekiguchi (4 vs 5). Therefore, Matsuda played 20 games less than Sekiguchi. Matsuda scored 54 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Shuichi made 73 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Matsuda | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 74/112 | 96/164 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 54/74 | 73/96 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 36/68 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Matsuda struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Sekiguchi scored 4 aces (2 per match). Matsuda won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sekiguchi won 76% of the points on 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 | Matsuda | Sekiguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 78% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Koki broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Sekiguchi broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Shuichi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Matsuda | ||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 15 | 36 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 54-31 | 129-95 | |
| Total points | 139 | 85 | 224 | |
| Winners | 35 | 19 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/69 | 26/43 | 74/112 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 60% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 19/26 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 12/17 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/8 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | – | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sekiguchi | ||||
| Q1 Zhukayev |
Q3 Ochi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-63 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 24 | 56 | |
| pts | 97-89 | 86-74 | 183-163 | |
| Total points | 186 | 160 | 346 | |
| Winners | 40 | 33 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 40/71 | 96/164 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 33/40 | 73/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 16/31 | 36/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/6 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 75% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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