Luca Nardi and Taisei Ichikawa will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.023
Taisei Ichikawa -> 10.5
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-27 | 13-14 | 8-5 | 6-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, Luca will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he won the title in the Matsuyama Challenger after beating 3-6 6-4 6-2 Daniel in the final.
Nardi has a composed 35-32 win-loss record in 2023, 8-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Porto Challenger where he defeated Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1 and the Matsuyama Challenger where he defeated Taro Daniel in the final 3-6 6-4 6-2.
The Italian won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Nardi has an overall 115-89 record. He has a flat 30-30 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Nardi has never competed in this tournament before.
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-19 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 786, Taisei will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Cairns where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Yamanaka in the 1st round on the 4th of October.
Taisei has an overall 29-20 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Taisei’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 81-83 record. He has a flat 3-3 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
