Sebastian Korda and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm 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 Sebastian Korda who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.25
Yosuke Watanuki -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Yosuke Watanuki

This will be the 2^nd time that Sebastian Korda and Yosuke Watanuki play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Watanuki won 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Dallas Challenger back in 2020.

Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	12-10	8-6	2-2	2-2	0-0	0-0
2023	26-16	18-8	1-3	4-3	3-2	0-0
2022	34-22	13-9	8-6	12-5	1-2	0-0
2021	36-20	12-8	6-5	13-5	5-2	0-0
2020	22-10	6-4	6-1	3-4	0-0	7-1

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Ranked no. 31, Sebastian got to the 2^nd round after beating Cristian Garin 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Garin (6-4 1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Korda scored 112 points vs Garin’s 96. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Korda scored 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Korda was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Garin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Korda has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (190-122). 5-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Korda has an overall69-49 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Korda’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Adelaide.

The American has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open

Korda's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	1-4	1-3	0-1	0-0	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

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Ranked no. 138 (career-high), Watanuki reached the 2^nd round after defeating Philip Sekulic 6-4 6-2, Mikhail Kukushkin 4-6 7-6³ 6-3, Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-4 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 6-3 6-2). During the match Watanuki scored 85 points vs Rinderknech’s 63. Watanuki was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Watanuki scored 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (40/47) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Rinderknech 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Watanuki’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

The Japanese has a compiled 7-1 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.

Australian Open

Watanuki's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Korda played 1 match while Watanuki competed in 4 matches. Watanuki started his run from the qualifications while Korda had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Korda dropped 1 set, while Yosuke Watanuki lost 1 set. Korda has played 6 set(s) less than Watanuki (4 vs 10). Therefore, Korda played 61 games less than Watanuki. The American scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 126 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Korda scored 16 aces . Watanuki managed to score 45 aces (11.3 per match). Korda won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Korda broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Korda lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

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