Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Sho Katayama will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.098
Sho Katayama -> 6.15
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Sho Katayama
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Sho Katayama since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-30 | 6-5 | 13-18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 264, Blancaneaux will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Gaston in the 1st round on the 24th of October.
Geoffrey has an overall 23-33 win-loss record in 2023, 2-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Blancaneaux’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Tunis Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Geoffrey has an overall 273-216 record. He has a positive 86-46 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Geoffrey has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Katayama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Katayama will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Hsiou in the 1st round on the 8th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 16-17 record. He has a positive 7-6 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
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