Yosuke Watanuki and Yannick Hanfmann will fight against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yannick Hanfmann who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yannick Hanfmann is the pick to win this match.
Yannick Hanfmann -> 1.46
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Yannick Hanfmann
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Yannick Hanfmann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 107 (career-high), Yousuke reached the 1st round after beating Matija Pecotic 7-64 6-4 and Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, Watanuki defeated Meligeni Alves (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match, Watanuki scored 111 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 102. Watanuki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki fired 17 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 62% of his first serves in, winning 72% (50/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Watanuki broke Meligeni Alves 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (191-119). 2-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has an overall13-20 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Watanuki’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Watanuki has an aggregate 15-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Hanfmann
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 12-9 | 17-12 | 12-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 8-11 | 12-15 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 6-8 | 29-14 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 4-3 | 21-16 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 1-4 | 14-11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 134, Yannick got to the 1st round after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-0 6-3 and Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (7-5 6-2). During the match Hanfmann scored 73 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 67. The German was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Hanfmann scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Yannick Hanfmann lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hanfmann put 54% of his first serves in, winning 72% (23/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Yannick broke Diaz Acosta 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hanfmann started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
The German has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 35 |
| Pts | 186-167 | 130-100 |
| Total Points | 353 | 230 |
| Winners | 74 | 52 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Watanuki and Hanfmann played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki surrendered 1 set while Yannick Hanfmann hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set more than Hanfmann (5 vs 4). Therefore, Watanuki played 22 games more than Hanfmann. The Japanese scored 74 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Yannick blasted 52 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 104/183 | 71/105 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 74/104 | 52/71 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 40/79 | 16/34 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 47% |
Watanuki struck 22 aces (11 per match). Hanfmann scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Watanuki won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Hanfmann won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Hanfmann |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 53% | 45% |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Hanfmann broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||
| Q1 Pecotic |
Q3 Meligeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 34 | 57 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 111-102 | 186-167 | |
| Total points | 140 | 213 | 353 | |
| Winners | 24 | 50 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 17 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/72 | 69/111 | 104/183 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 50/69 | 74/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 19/42 | 40/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/11 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Hanfmann | ||||
| Q1 Couacaud |
Q3 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 73-67 | 130-100 | |
| Total points | 90 | 140 | 230 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 32% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/46 | 32/59 | 71/105 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 54% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 23/32 | 52/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/7 | 13/27 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/15 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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