Stefanos Sakellaridis and Yusuke Takahashi will face off in the 2nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Sakellaridis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Sakellaridis is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 1.833
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Sakellaridis vs. Yusuke Takahashi
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Sakellaridis and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 19-13 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-36 | 5-1 | 29-35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 0-3 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 419 (career-high), the Greek got to the 2nd round after defeating Evan Zhu 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Zhu (7-5 7-66). During the match, Sakellaridis scored 83 points vs Zhu’s 70. Sakellaridis was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakellaridis recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Sakellaridis lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (23/32) on the 2nd serve. Stefanos broke Zhu twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Sakellaridis has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 52% of his matches (169-154). 29-15 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sakellaridis has an aggregate57-33 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Greek’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Mataro.
The Greek has an overall 58-35 win-loss record in 2023, 29-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Stefanos has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 497, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Jianhao Sheng 6-1 6-1 and Jie Cui 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Cui (6-2 6-2). During the match Takahashi scored 59 points vs Cui’s 42. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Takahashi struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yusuke Takahashi conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 57% of his first serves in, winning 61% (19/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the 2nd serve. Takahashi broke Cui 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Takahashi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Astana.
The Japanese has an aggregate 29-19 win-loss record in 2023, 26-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 30 |
| Pts | 83-70 | 117-73 |
| Total Points | 153 | 190 |
| Winners | 32 | 43 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Sakellaridis played 1 match while Takahashi competed in 2 matches. Takahashi started his run from the qualifications while Sakellaridis had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Sakellaridis has played 2 set(s) less than Takahashi (2 vs 4). Therefore, Sakellaridis played 5 games less than Takahashi. Sakellaridis scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi made 43 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 58/93 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 43/58 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/32 | 23/35 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 66% |
Sakellaridis blasted 7 aces . Takahashi managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Sakellaridis won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Greek broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Greek lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Sakellaridis | |||
| R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-70 | 83-70 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Takahashi | |||||
| Q1 Sheng |
Q3 Bai |
R1 Cui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 | |
| pts | 58-31 | – | 59-42 | 117-73 | |
| Total points | 89 | 0 | 101 | 190 | |
| Winners | 24 | 19 | 43 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 0% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 27/39 | / | 31/54 | 58/93 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 0% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | / | 19/31 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 0% | 61% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | / | 17/23 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 0% | 74% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | / | 4/9 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 0% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 100% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger
- Markos Kalovelonis/Stefanos SakellaridisKalovelonis/Stefanos Sakellaridis – Jie Cui/Hanyi LiuCui/Hanyi Liu (3-6 6-3 10-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Luke SavilleSaville (7-63 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Dominik PalanPalan (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikalai HaliakHaliak – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Rigele TeTe – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-77 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Linang XiaoXiao – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Leonid SheyngezikhtSheyngezikht (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Arthur WeberWeber (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Hanyi LiuLiu (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jose StathamStatham – Hanwen LiLi (6-3 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Evan ZhuZhu (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Fajing SunSun (4-6 7-61 7-69) – See score progression
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Nick ChappellChappell (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Jose StathamStatham (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rigele TeTe – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Linang XiaoXiao – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (0-1) – H2H and prediction
