Yosuke Watanuki and Nathan Ponwith will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.085
Nathan Ponwith -> 6.6

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Nathan Ponwith

There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Nathan Ponwith since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

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Rank
161
High
72
LWLLL
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

Ranked no. 122, the Japanese will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-6(1) 7-6(3) to Shang in the qualifications on the 6th of March.

Yousuke has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 186-117 record. He has a positive 113-65 record on hard.

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Phoenix Challenger
Watanuki's Record

Nathan Ponwith

Nathan Ponwith

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Rank
720
High
367
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-17 15-12 2-3 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 22-32 18-25 2-2 2-5 0-0 0-0
2022 30-27 19-15 6-7 5-5 0-0 0-0
2021 17-14 16-13 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 458 (career-high), Nathan will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in the Waco Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Yevseyev in the qualifications on the 26th

of February.

Ponwith has an overall 7-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ponwith’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel.

In terms of his career, Ponwith has an overall 119-85 record. He has a positive 89-59 record on hard.

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.

Phoenix Challenger
Ponwith's Record

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