H2H, prediction of Yosuke Watanuki vs Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in Stanford Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 16th August 2023

PREVIEW. Stanford Challenger. Watanuki and Moreno De Alboran will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Stanford Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 16th of August

Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Yosuke Watanuki and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will play each other in the 2nd round of the Stanford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.64
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki
Yosuke Watanuki

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
290
High
72
WWWLLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 9-9 9-7 0-1 0-1 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
2020 11-7 2-2 0-2 9-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 90 (career-high), the Japanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Steve Johnson 7-5 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Yousuke defeated Johnson (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match, Watanuki scored 100 points vs Johnson’s 97. Yousuke was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watanuki fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (32/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Watanuki broke Johnson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (205-129). 16-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has an overall119-68 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.

Yousuke has a composed 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Stanford Challenger

Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.

Watanuki
Stanford Challenger
Watanuki's Record

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
119
High
119
WWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-34 19-12 27-19 2-1 1-2 0-0
2023 39-30 25-16 10-8 4-5 0-1 0-0
2022 38-20 8-2 28-17 0-0 2-1 0-0
2021 44-20 22-11 22-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 19-12 14-8 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 136 (career-high), Nicolas got to the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Chappell, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 90 points vs Chappell’s 85. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Moreno De Alboran scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Chappell 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Tyler Challenger where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(0) 6-4.

Moreno De Alboran has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2023, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Moreno De Alboran
Stanford Challenger
Moreno De Alboran's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Watanuki
N.Moreno Alboran
2h:16
2h:16
Time on court​
2h:04
2h:04
!
2h:16
2h:16
Last match​
!
2h:04
2h:04
1
1
Match played
1
1
34
34
Games Played​
28
28
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
100
100
Total points​
90
90
100
100
Avg point​
90
90
34
34
Winners
43
43
34
34
Avg Winners​
43
43
34%
34%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
4
4
!
11
11
Avg Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
34/41
34/41
1st won total​
43/61
43/61
!
83%
83%
1st won %
70%
70%
32/56
32/56
2nd won total​
15/30
15/30
57%
57%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
3/7
3/7
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
43%
43%
Won
43%
43%
7
7
Conceded
6
6
7
7
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watanuki Moreno De Alboran
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 28
Pts 100-97 90-85
Total Points 197 175
Winners 34 43
%Winners 34% 48%

Both Watanuki and Moreno De Alboran played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Yosuke Watanuki lost 1 set, while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Moreno De Alboran have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Watanuki played 6 games more than Moreno De Alboran. The Japanese scored 34 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Moreno De Alboran scored 43 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watanuki Moreno De Alboran
Aces 11 4
Avg per match 11 4
1st in 41/97 61/91
%1st in 42% 67%
1st pts 34/41 43/61
%1st pts 83% 70%
2nd pts 32/56 15/30
%2nd pts 57% 50%

Watanuki made 11 aces . Moreno De Alboran bagged 4 aces . Watanuki won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watanuki Moreno De Alboran
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
% Converted 43% 43%
Conceded 7 6
Saved 5 4
% Saved 71% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Watanuki broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolas broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Watanuki
R1
Johnson
Total
Score 7-5 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 100-97 100-97
Total points 197 197
Winners 34 34
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 41/97 41/97
% 1st in 42% 42%
1st pts 34/41 34/41
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 32/56 32/56
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2
Moreno De Alboran
R1
Chappell
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 90-85 90-85
Total points 175 175
Winners 43 43
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 61/91 61/91
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 43/61 43/61
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 15/30 15/30
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Watanuki
WWWLLWWWWL
Moreno De Alboran
WWWLWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
9 - 8
49 - 34
9-7
Hard
19-12
0-1
I Hard
2-1
0-0
Clay
27-19
0-0
Grass
1-2

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