Hiroki Moriya and Tatsuma Ito will play each other in the 1st round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 14th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on SUB- CENTRE. 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 Hiroki Moriya who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hiroki Moriya is the pick to win this match.
Hiroki Moriya -> 1.42
Tatsuma Ito -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Hiroki Moriya vs. Tatsuma Ito
This will be the 14th time that Hiroki Moriya and Tatsuma Ito square off. The head to head is 9-4 for Ito (see full H2H stats), but Moriya has a winning record of 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Ito won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Yokohama Challenger back in 2018.
Hiroki Moriya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-12 | 17-10 | 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. 429, Hiroki got to the 1st round after defeating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-1 6-0 and Andres Martin 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-2 6-3). During the match, Moriya scored 62 points vs Martin’s 48. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moriya bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Martin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moriya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Moriya has a weak match record in the last 10 years having won only 48% of his matches (269-296). 30-26 on hard in 2023. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moriya has a compiled 206-198 record in the last years on hard.
Moriya’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Jakarta and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Hiroki has an aggregate 30-27 win-loss record in 2023, 30-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Tatsuma Ito
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-18 | 14-14 | 10-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-8 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-23 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 648, Tatsuma reached the 1st round after beating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-3 6-4 and Ray Ho 7-64 6-1.
In the qualifications, Tatsuma had a good straight sets win against Ho (7-64 6-1). During the match Ito scored 81 points vs Ho’s 68. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ito scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Tatsuma Ito lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ito put 71% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Tatsuma broke Ho 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Tatsuma’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra and M15 Karuizawa.
Ito has an aggregate 24-17 win-loss record in 2023, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moriya | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 39 |
| Pts | 116-72 | 151-123 |
| Total Points | 188 | 274 |
| Winners | 35 | 69 |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% |
Both Moriya and Ito played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moriya and Ito have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Moriya played 9 games less than Ito. The Japanese scored 35 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Tatsuma recorded 69 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moriya | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 45/82 | 86/133 |
| %1st in | 55% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 69/86 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 23/47 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 49% |
Moriya fired 2 aces (1 per match). Ito fired 6 aces (3 per match). Moriya won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Ito won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moriya | Ito |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 53% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Hiroki broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Ito broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tatsuma conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moriya | ||||
| Q1 Kaliyanda |
Q3 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 | 30 | |
| pts | 54-24 | 62-48 | 116-72 | |
| Total points | 78 | 110 | 188 | |
| Winners | 14 | 21 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 34% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 17/34 | 28/48 | 45/82 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 21/28 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/20 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 60% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 4/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 36% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ito | ||||
| Q1 Shiraishi |
Q3 Ho |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 81-68 | 151-123 | |
| Total points | 125 | 149 | 274 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 52/73 | 86/133 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 39/52 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 9/21 | 23/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 43% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/8 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 7/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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