Yibing Wu and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the 1st round of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 5. 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 Yibing Wu who should win in 3 sets.
Yibing Wu -> 1.666
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Yibing Wu vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Yibing Wu and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-10 | 23-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, Yibing will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Atlanta where he lost 6-4 7-6(5) to Fritz in the 2nd round on the 27th of July.
Yibing has an aggregate 17-15 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Dallas where he beat John Isner in the final 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(12).
Talking about his overall career, Yibing has an overall 110-64 record. He has a positive 61-41 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 102 (career-high), Watanuki will start his run in Washington after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Zverev in the 2nd round on the 7th of July.
The Japanese has an overall 26-15 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Yousuke’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Yousuke has an overall 202-128 record. He has a positive 116-67 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Brandon HoltHolt (7-63 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Kyle SeeligSeelig (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Kyle SeeligSeelig (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Brandon HoltHolt (7-6(3) 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Liam BroadyBroady (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kiranpal PannuPannu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction