Casper Ruud and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
Casper Ruud -> 1.42
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-10 | 17-5 | 21-5 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8, the Norwegian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 to Marozsan in the 4th round on the 10th of October.
Casper has a composed 35-20 win-loss record in 2023, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Estoril where he overcame Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 351-190 record. He has a positive 84-60 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. 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. 73 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4 to Fritz in the 2nd round on the 7th of October.
The Japanese has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2023, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Yousuke’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Shanghai Challenger.
In terms of his career, Yousuke has an overall 212-132 record. He has a positive 126-71 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-72 7-65 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-63 6-72 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction