Shohei Chikami and Yusuke Takahashi will play each other in the qualifications of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.45
Shohei Chikami -> 2.61

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Prediction and head to head Shohei Chikami vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Shohei Chikami and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Shohei Chikami

Shohei Chikami

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Rank
High
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 6-6 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 19-15 16-13 0-0 3-2 0-0 0-0
2022 14-10 13-9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-13 14-9 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Chikami will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Monastir where he lost 2-6 6-1 6-0 to Glinka in the 1st round on the 10th of May.

Chikami has an overall 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Shohei has an overall 50-36 record. He has a positive 42-28 record on hard.

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Shohei has never competed in this tournament before.

Playford Challenger
Chikami's Record

Yusuke Takahashi

Yusuke Takahashi

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Rank
427
High
238
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-26 40-24 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-0
2024 31-28 25-25 0-0 6-3 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

Ranked no. 467, the Japanese will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Duckworth in the 1st round on the 17th of October.

Takahashi has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2023, 27-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Astana.

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 184-165 record. He has a positive 154-134 record on hard.

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Playford Challenger
Takahashi's Record

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