Yosuke Watanuki and Matija Pecotic will square off in the qualifications of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.28
Matija Pecotic -> 3.42
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Matija Pecotic
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Matija Pecotic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 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. 123, Yousuke will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4 to Tiafoe in the 2nd round on the 25th of March.
The Japanese has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 189-119 record. He has a negative 11-20 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Matija Pecotic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-11 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-4 | 14-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 570, Pecotic will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Giron in the 2nd round on the 15th of February.
Matija has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, The Croatian has an overall 188-77 record. He has a positive 30-22 record on clay.
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