Hubert Hurkacz and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the 2nd round of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.27
Yosuke Watanuki -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, the Pole will start his run in Stuttgart after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 to Pablo Patino-Samudio in the 3rd round on the 2nd of June.
Hubert has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Marseille where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, Hubert has an overall 326-202 record. He has a positive 16-11 record on grass.
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
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. 121, Yousuke reached the 2nd round after defeating Henri Squire 4-6 7-5 6-3, Benjamin Hassan 7-5 6-4 and Feliciano Lopez 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Lopez (7-65 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 78 points vs Lopez’s 64. Yousuke was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki struck 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (39/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Lopez once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Watanuki’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
Yousuke has a composed 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-60 6-78 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Feliciano LopezLopez (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Borna GojoGojo (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-6(0) 6-7(8) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Tommy PaulPaul (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
