Taylor Fritz and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.17
Yosuke Watanuki -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-7 | 11-5 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8,he will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he defeated 6-2 7-6(3) to Rublev in the round robin on the 23rd of September.
Fritz has an overall 50-20 win-loss record in 2023, 33-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2 and in Atlanta where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic in the final 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Taylor has an overall 348-213 record. He has a positive 211-109 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 79, Watanuki got to the 2nd round after beating Juncheng Shang 7-67 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Watanuki defeated Shang (7-67 4-6 6-4). During the match Watanuki scored 117 points vs Shang’s 111. Yousuke was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki bagged 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (43/59) of his 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Japanese broke Shang 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Shanghai Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 36-18 win-loss record in 2023, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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