Tatsuma Ito and Yuki Mochizuki will play each other in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm 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 Tatsuma Ito who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tatsuma Ito is the pick to win this match.
Tatsuma Ito -> 1.53
Yuki Mochizuki -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Tatsuma Ito vs. Yuki Mochizuki
This will be the 2nd time that Tatsuma Ito and Yuki Mochizuki fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ito (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ito won 6-3 6-7(7) 6-3 in the semifinal in M25 Canberra back in March 2023.
Tatsuma Ito
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 14-14 | 10-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-8 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-23 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 578, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kumar Mukund, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Ito scored 96 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 93. Tatsuma was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ito recorded 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tatsuma Ito lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Ito put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Kumar Mukund 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Ito has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (262-216). 6-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ito has an overall 169-139 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra.
The Japanese has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Yuki Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 21-23 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 18-12 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 596, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Edan Leshem 5-7 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Leshem, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-1). During the match Mochizuki scored 111 points vs Leshem’s 91. Yuki was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Mochizuki fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuki Mochizuki lost the serve 4 times and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 64% of his first serves in, winning 61% (43/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Leshem 7 times after converting 35% of his break points (7/20).
Yuki’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Canberra.
The Japanese has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ito | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 |
| Pts | 96-93 | 111-91 |
| Total Points | 189 | 202 |
| Winners | 42 | 43 |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% |
Both Ito and Mochizuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Tatsuma Ito dropped 1 set, while Yuki Mochizuki conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ito and Mochizuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ito played 4 games more than Mochizuki. The Japanese scored 42 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki blasted 43 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ito | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 70/109 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 43/70 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 49% |
Ito fired 10 aces . Mochizuki bagged 4 aces . Ito won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 61% of the points behind 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 | Ito | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 63% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 71% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Tatsuma broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Yuki conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ito | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 96-93 | 96-93 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/101 | 62/101 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Mochizuki | |||
| Q1 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 111-91 | 111-91 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/109 | 70/109 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/20 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 14/18 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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