Yosuke Watanuki and Constant Lestienne will square off in the semifinal of the Stanford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.75
Constant Lestienne -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Constant Lestienne
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Constant Lestienne since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90 (career-high), Watanuki got to the semifinal after beating Steve Johnson 7-5 5-7 6-4, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-5 6-3 and James Duckworth 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, Watanuki had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (6-1 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 66 points vs Duckworth’s 45. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki recorded 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yousuke has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (207-129). 18-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has a compiled121-68 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Yousuke’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2023, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Stanford Challenger
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Constant Lestienne
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-30 | 16-14 | 0-3 | 8-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 22-12 | 0-5 | 7-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 25-6 | 4-7 | 18-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 10-3 | 4-9 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 105, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Dane Sweeny 2-6 7-66 7-612, Alexander Cozbinov 6-2 6-2 and Borna Gojo 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Constant had a good straight sets win against Gojo (6-2 6-2). During the match Lestienne scored 68 points vs Gojo’s 48. Constant was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Lestienne struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Constant Lestienne conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Lestienne put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Lestienne broke Gojo 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lestienne’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.
Lestienne has an aggregate 13-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 66 |
| Pts | 235-195 | 256-215 |
| Total Points | 430 | 471 |
| Winners | 88 | 104 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Watanuki and Lestienne played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yosuke Watanuki lost 1 set, while Constant Lestienne conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Lestienne have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Watanuki played 5 games more than Lestienne. Watanuki scored 88 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 104 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 39 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 103/221 | 136/223 |
| %1st in | 47% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 88/103 | 104/136 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 66/118 | 40/87 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Watanuki bagged 39 aces (13 per match). Lestienne struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Watanuki won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lestienne won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Lestienne |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 10 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 45% | 34% |
| Conceded | 15 | 19 |
| Saved | 13 | 15 |
| % Saved | 87% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Watanuki broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Constant broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Lestienne conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||||
| R1 Johnson |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
1/4 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 21 | 16 | 71 | |
| pts | 100-97 | 69-53 | 66-45 | 235-195 | |
| Total points | 197 | 122 | 111 | 430 | |
| Winners | 34 | 29 | 25 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 16 | 12 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/97 | 32/62 | 30/62 | 103/221 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 52% | 48% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 29/32 | 25/30 | 88/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 91% | 83% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/56 | 17/30 | 17/32 | 66/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 | 4/10 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/2 | 6/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lestienne | |||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Cozbinov |
1/4 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-66 7-612 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 16 | 16 | 66 | |
| pts | 124-121 | 64-46 | 68-48 | 256-215 | |
| Total points | 245 | 110 | 116 | 471 | |
| Winners | 52 | 26 | 26 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 69/109 | 35/61 | 32/53 | 136/223 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 57% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 52/69 | 26/35 | 26/32 | 104/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 14/26 | 10/21 | 40/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 54% | 48% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/7 | 4/14 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 57% | 29% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 6/6 | 4/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Stanford Challenger
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Borna GojoGojo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Michael MmohMmoh (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6(2) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Michael MmohMmoh (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
