Rio Noguchi and Hiroki Moriya will square off in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.69
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Hiroki Moriya
This will be the 3rd time that Rio Noguchi and Hiroki Moriya fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Noguchi and Moriya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Noguchi won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Chengdu back in September 2023.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 342, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Arthur Weber 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Noguchi had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-1 6-2). During the match, Noguchi scored 70 points vs Weber’s 39. Rio was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Noguchi managed to score 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Rio Noguchi lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Noguchi put 72% of his first serves in, winning 79% (34/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Weber 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Noguchi has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (283-190). 9-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noguchi has a composed185-113 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Noguchi has an aggregate 14-24 win-loss record in 2023, 9-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Hiroki Moriya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 19-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 500, Moriya got to the 2nd round after beating Dane Sweeny 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (7-65 6-2). During the match Moriya scored 65 points vs Sweeny’s 58. Hiroki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Moriya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Hiroki Moriya was quite effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Moriya broke Sweeny 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Moriya’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Jakarta and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Hiroki has a composed 22-22 win-loss record in 2023, 22-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noguchi | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 |
| Pts | 70-39 | 65-58 |
| Total Points | 109 | 123 |
| Winners | 34 | 31 |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% |
Both Noguchi and Moriya played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Moriya have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Noguchi played 6 games less than Moriya. Rio scored 34 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Hiroki recorded 31 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noguchi | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/66 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 31/43 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 15/23 |
| %2nd pts | 35% | 65% |
Noguchi struck 4 aces . Moriya scored 1 ace . Noguchi won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noguchi | Moriya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 71% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Rio broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Rio dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Moriya broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Hiroki conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Noguchi | |||
| R1 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 70-39 | 70-39 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| 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 | |
| Moriya | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-58 | 65-58 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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