Yosuke Watanuki and Benoit Paire will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. 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 Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.47
Benoit Paire -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benoit Paire
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Benoit Paire since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 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 |
Ranked no. 130, Watanuki reached the 2nd round after defeating James Van Deinse 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Van Deinse (6-0 6-1). During the match, Watanuki scored 53 points vs Van Deinse’s 22. Yousuke was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (14/18) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Van Deinse 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Watanuki has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (184-115). 8-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has a compiled111-63 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.
Watanuki has a composed 8-2 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-25 | 4-9 | 0-8 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, Benoit reached the 2nd round after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 2-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Escobedo, Benoit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Paire scored 78 points vs Escobedo’s 71. Benoit was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Paire blasted 11 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 49% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The French player has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 |
| Pts | 53-22 | 78-71 |
| Total Points | 75 | 149 |
| Winners | 14 | 27 |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% |
Both Watanuki and Paire played 1 match. At the moment, Benoit Paire surrendered 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t conceded a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set(s) less than Paire (2 vs 3). Therefore, Watanuki played 11 games less than Paire. Yousuke scored 14 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Benoit recorded 27 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 18/31 | 34/69 |
| %1st in | 58% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 17/35 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 49% |
Watanuki bagged 7 aces . Paire struck 11 aces . Watanuki won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 86% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Yousuke broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Yousuke pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Paire conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Van Deinse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 53-22 | |
| Total points | 75 | 75 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paire | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-71 | 78-71 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 34/69 | 34/69 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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