Damir Dzumhur and Taisei Ichikawa will face off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.108
Taisei Ichikawa -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, Damir will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4 to Mochizuki in the 2nd round on the 10th of November.
Damir has an aggregate 33-27 win-loss record in 2022, 9-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Damir’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Banja Luka Challenger and the Sibiu Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Dzumhur has an overall 477-330 record. He has a positive 97-71 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Dzumhur has never competed in this tournament before.
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 17-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-19 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 877, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Millman in the 1st round on the 31st of October.
The Japanese has an aggregate 16-17 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Ulcinj.
In terms of his career, Taisei has an overall 57-65 record. He has a positive 3-2 record on indoor hard courts.
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