Marc Polmans and Keisuke Saitoh will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc Polmans who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.073
Keisuke Saitoh -> 6.95
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Keisuke Saitoh
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Keisuke Saitoh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Takuya Kumasaka 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kumasaka (6-0 6-3). During the match, Polmans scored 67 points vs Kumasaka’s 45. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Polmans recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marc Polmans lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Kumasaka 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Polmans has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (266-208). 14-11 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Polmans has a composed 152-116 match record in the last years on hard.
Marc’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sydney Challenger.
Polmans has a composed 18-12 win-loss record in 2022, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Marc has never competed in this tournament before.
Keisuke Saitoh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 23-10 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-27 | 14-23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 23-17 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-19 | 20-9 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 727, Keisuke reached the qualifications after beating Ryota Tanuma 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Tanuma, Saitoh had a free pass after Tanuma retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
Saitoh’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Kuala Lumpur and M25 Sapporo.
Saitoh has an overall 26-20 win-loss record in 2022, 22-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Saitoh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 5 |
| Pts | 67-45 | 20-10 |
| Total Points | 112 | 30 |
| Winners | 29 | 8 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Both Polmans and Saitoh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Polmans and Saitoh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Polmans played 10 games more than Saitoh. Polmans scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 8 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Saitoh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 41/55 | 8/14 |
| %1st in | 75% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 8/8 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 4/6 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 67% |
Polmans struck 3 aces . Saitoh didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Polmans won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Saitoh won 100% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Saitoh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Marc broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Saitoh broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Keisuke was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Polmans | |||
| Q1 Kumasaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Saitoh | |||
| Q1 Tanuma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 20-10 | 20-10 | |
| Total points | 30 | 30 | |
| Winners | 8 | 8 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 8/8 | 8/8 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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