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.

As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
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

Yibing Wu

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Rank
182
High
54
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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.

Washington
Wu's Record

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki

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Rank
159
High
72
WWWWWLLLWL
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.

Washington
Watanuki's Record

Tennis Scores in Washington

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