Rimpei Kawakami and Duckhee Lee 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 10:00 am on COURT 7. 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 Duckhee Lee who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duckhee Lee is the pick to win this match.
Duckhee Lee -> 1.86
Rimpei Kawakami -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Rimpei Kawakami vs. Duckhee Lee
There is no head to head record between Rimpei Kawakami and Duckhee Lee since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rimpei Kawakami
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 13-8 | 22-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-23 | 11-9 | 34-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-16 | 10-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 475 (career-high), Rimpei got to the qualifications after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 2-6 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications against Takahashi, Kawakami recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-0). During the match, Kawakami scored 74 points vs Takahashi’s 57. Kawakami was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kawakami scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rimpei Kawakami lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kawakami put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Takahashi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kawakami has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (145-86). 13-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kawakami has an overall71-51 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Kawakami’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Prijedor and M25 Kashiwa.
Rimpei has an aggregate 36-15 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Kawakami has never competed in this tournament before.
Duckhee Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 29-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 602, Duck got to the qualifications after defeating Ryuki Tsutsumi 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Tsutsumi (6-0 6-1). During the match Hee Lee scored 60 points vs Tsutsumi’s 35. The Korean was very aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Hee Lee bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Duckhee Lee lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hee Lee put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (15/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Tsutsumi 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Duck’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Hee Lee has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2022, 24-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kawakami | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 13 |
| Pts | 74-57 | 60-35 |
| Total Points | 131 | 95 |
| Winners | 29 | 15 |
| %Winners | 39% | 25% |
Both Kawakami and Hee Lee played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rimpei Kawakami conceded 1 set while Duckhee Lee hasn’t lost a set so far. Kawakami has played 1 set more than Hee Lee (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kawakami played 8 games more than Hee Lee. Rimpei scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Duck bagged 15 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kawakami | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 24/40 |
| %1st in | 65% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 15/24 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 56% |
Kawakami bagged 3 aces . Hee Lee bagged 2 aces . Kawakami won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Hee Lee won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kawakami | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 63% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kawakami broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Rimpei surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Duck broke his opponent 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Duck conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kawakami | |||
| Q1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 74-57 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hee Lee | |||
| Q1 Tsutsumi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 60-35 | 60-35 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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