Yosuke Watanuki and Mathys Erhard will face off in the 2nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.21
Mathys Erhard -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Mathys Erhard
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Mathys Erhard since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 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. 98, Watanuki got to the 2nd round after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-3 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 57 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 42. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watanuki made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Hsiou Hsu 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Watanuki has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (214-135). 24-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a composed127-72 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Yousuke’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Shanghai Challenger.
Yousuke has an aggregate 38-22 win-loss record in 2023, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Mathys Erhard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-25 | 0-1 | 50-23 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 4-4 | 49-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-22 | 10-7 | 33-13 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-20 | 10-5 | 31-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-13 | 3-7 | 6-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 342, Erhard reached the 2nd round after beating Hibiki Arimoto 6-3 7-66 and Colin Sinclair 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Erhard had a good straight sets win against Sinclair (6-3 6-2). During the match Erhard scored 60 points vs Sinclair’s 39. Erhard was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Erhard scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mathys Erhard lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Erhard put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (5/15) on the 2nd serve. Mathys broke Sinclair 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Erhard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 Bolzano.
Erhard has an overall 54-33 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Erhard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 39 |
| Pts | 57-42 | 143-105 |
| Total Points | 99 | 248 |
| Winners | 21 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% |
Watanuki played 1 match while Erhard competed in 2 matches. Erhard started his run from the qualifications while Watanuki had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Watanuki has played 2 set(s) less than Erhard (2 vs 4). Therefore, Watanuki played 21 games less than Erhard. The Japanese scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mathys scored 60 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 81/119 |
| %1st in | 59% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 60/81 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/38 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 45% |
Watanuki blasted 9 aces . Erhard recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Watanuki won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Erhard won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Erhard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 71% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Watanuki broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Watanuki surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mathys conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||
| R1 Hsiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-42 | 57-42 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Erhard | |||||
| Q1 Arimoto |
Q3 Nakagawa |
R1 Sinclair |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 17 | 68 | |
| pts | 83-66 | – | 60-39 | 143-105 | |
| Total points | 149 | 0 | 99 | 248 | |
| Winners | 35 | 25 | 60 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | 0% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 48/71 | / | 33/48 | 81/119 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 0% | 69% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | / | 25/33 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 0% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | / | 5/15 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 0% | 33% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 4/10 | / | 5/8 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 0% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/ | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 50% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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