Yosuke Watanuki and Frederico Ferreira Silva will square off in the final of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.35
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Frederico Ferreira Silva
This will be the 3rd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Frederico Ferreira Silva play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Watanuki and Ferreira Silva (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Watanuki won 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4 in the final in the Kobe Challenger back in November 2022.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, Yousuke got to the final after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-4, Beibit Zhukayev 6-0 4-1 ret., Yunseong Chung 6-2 5-2 ret. and James Duckworth 7-63 6-3.
In the semifinal, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (7-63 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 75 points vs Duckworth’s 66. Watanuki was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki made 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yosuke Watanuki was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Duckworth once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watanuki hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (175-113). 18-11 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a composed102-61 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Yousuke’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Yokohama Challenger and the Kobe Challenger.
The Japanese has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2022, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-27 | 37-13 | 14-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-32 | 5-13 | 9-12 | 4-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-26 | 11-10 | 11-12 | 8-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-28 | 11-10 | 8-10 | 7-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 3-4 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Ferreira Silva got to the final after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 2-6 6-2, Shintaro Mochizuki 3-6 6-1 6-3, Colin Sinclair 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Kaichi Uchida 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-2 6-2). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 65 points vs Uchida’s 46. Frederico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Ferreira Silva scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Frederico Ferreira Silva conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 12 break points. Furthermore, Ferreira Silva put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (27/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Uchida 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Ferreira Silva’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Kobe Challenger.
Ferreira Silva has an aggregate 30-25 win-loss record in 2022, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 91 |
| Pts | 246-175 | 312-256 |
| Total Points | 421 | 568 |
| Winners | 88 | 123 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Watanuki and Ferreira Silva played 4 matches. At the moment, Frederico Ferreira Silva conceded 3 sets while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set(s) less than Ferreira Silva (10 vs 11). Therefore, Watanuki played 25 games less than Ferreira Silva. The Japanese scored 88 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Frederico recorded 123 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 102/188 | 165/287 |
| %1st in | 54% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 88/102 | 123/165 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 51/86 | 64/122 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
Watanuki made 28 aces (7 per match). Ferreira Silva fired 23 aces (5.8 per match). Watanuki won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ferreira Silva won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Ferreira Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 18 |
| Converted | 13/38 | 18/22 |
| % Converted | 34% | 82% |
| Conceded | 4 | 26 |
| Saved | 4 | 19 |
| % Saved | 100% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 34% conversion rate. Yousuke had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Frederico broke his opponents 18 times with a 82% conversion rate. Ferreira Silva conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Zhukayev |
1/4 Chung |
1/2 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 4-1 ret. | 6-2 5-2 ret. | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 66 | |
| pts | 72-54 | 47-24 | 52-31 | 75-66 | 246-175 | |
| Total points | 126 | 71 | 83 | 141 | 421 | |
| Winners | 23 | 15 | 18 | 32 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | 35% | 43% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 17/27 | 18/34 | 39/74 | 102/188 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 53% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 15/17 | 18/18 | 32/39 | 88/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 88% | 100% | 82% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 6/10 | 10/16 | 19/35 | 51/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 60% | 63% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/13 | 4/8 | 1/7 | 13/38 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 38% | 50% | 14% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferreira Silva | ||||||
| R1 Hsiou Hsu |
R2 Mochizuki |
1/4 Sinclair |
1/2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 91 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 73-61 | 88-76 | 65-46 | 312-256 | |
| Total points | 159 | 134 | 164 | 111 | 568 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 39% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/78 | 36/66 | 45/83 | 36/60 | 165/287 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 55% | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 31/36 | 34/45 | 27/36 | 123/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 86% | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 16/30 | 22/38 | 12/24 | 64/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 53% | 58% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/5 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 18/22 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 12/12 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 60% | 50% | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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