Denis Kudla and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the quarter of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:30 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.82
Denis Kudla -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, Denis reached the quarter after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-2 6-4 and Nick Chappell 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kudla scored 64 points vs Chappell’s 49. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kudla broke Chappell 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Kudla has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (321-246). 6-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a compiled 158-125 record in the last years on hard.
Kudla has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
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. 130, Yousuke got to the quarter after beating James Van Deinse 6-0 6-1 and Benoit Paire 7-62 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Paire (7-62 6-1). During the match Watanuki scored 69 points vs Paire’s 48. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 94% (17/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watanuki broke Paire 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.
Watanuki’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.
The Japanese has a composed 9-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 33 |
| Pts | 121-95 | 122-70 |
| Total Points | 216 | 192 |
| Winners | 50 | 38 |
| %Winners | 41% | 31% |
Both Kudla and Watanuki played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kudla played 4 games more than Watanuki. Denis scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Watanuki scored 38 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 62/105 | 48/79 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 50/62 | 38/48 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 27/31 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 87% |
Kudla scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Watanuki made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Kudla won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 87% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 35% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Kudla broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Denis lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 57-46 | 64-49 | 121-95 | |
| Total points | 103 | 113 | 216 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 29/54 | 62/105 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/29 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 15/25 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/8 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Watanuki | ||||
| R1 Van Deinse |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 33 | |
| pts | 53-22 | 69-48 | 122-70 | |
| Total points | 75 | 117 | 192 | |
| Winners | 14 | 24 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 35% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 18/31 | 30/48 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 14/18 | 24/30 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 17/18 | 27/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 94% | 87% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 3/5 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 60% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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