Yusuke Takahashi and Yan Bai will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yan Bai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.87
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Yan Bai
This will be the 2nd time that Yusuke Takahashi and Yan Bai clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bai (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bai won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Chengdu Challenger back in 2019.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 486, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Jianhao Sheng 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sheng (6-1 6-1). During the match, Takahashi scored 58 points vs Sheng’s 31. Yusuke was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Takahashi made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yusuke Takahashi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 69% of his first serves in, winning 89% (24/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Takahashi broke Sheng 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Takahashi has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 53% of his matches (182-159). 25-16 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Takahashi has a composed152-128 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Takahashi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Astana.
Takahashi has a compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2023, 25-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-9 | 23-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 730, Bai reached the qualifications after defeating Aliaksandr Liaonenka 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Liaonenka (7-5 6-0). During the match Bai scored 71 points vs Liaonenka’s 49. Yan was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Bai recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yan Bai lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bai put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Yan broke Liaonenka 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Bai’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Tianjin.
Bai has a composed 28-8 win-loss record in 2023, 26-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Takahashi | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 |
| Pts | 58-31 | 71-49 |
| Total Points | 89 | 120 |
| Winners | 24 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Takahashi and Bai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Takahashi and Bai have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Takahashi played 4 games less than Bai. Takahashi scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Yan managed to score 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Takahashi | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Takahashi made 8 aces . Bai blasted 4 aces . Takahashi won 89% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Bai won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Takahashi | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 56% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Yusuke broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Yusuke very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Yan conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Sheng |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-31 | 58-31 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bai | |||
| Q1 Liaonenka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-49 | 71-49 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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