August Holmgren and Yusuke Takahashi will face off in the 1st round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. 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 August Holmgren who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, August Holmgren is the pick to win this match.
August Holmgren -> 1.23
Yusuke Takahashi -> 3.84
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Prediction and head to head August Holmgren vs. Yusuke Takahashi
This will be the 2nd time that August Holmgren and Yusuke Takahashi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Holmgren (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Holmgren won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in the Kobe Challenger back in November 2023.
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330 (career-high), August got to the 1st round after beating Ryuki Tsutsumi 6-3 6-2 and Kai Wehnelt 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, August had a good straight sets win against Wehnelt (6-2 6-4). During the match, Holmgren scored 60 points vs Wehnelt’s 42. The Dane was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Holmgren blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. August Holmgren was very effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Holmgren broke Wehnelt 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dane started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Holmgren has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (133-65). 31-13 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Holmgren has a composed80-35 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Holmgren’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Harlingen.
Holmgren has a composed 44-25 win-loss record in 2023, 31-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Holmgren has never competed in this tournament before.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 454, Takahashi reached the 1st round after defeating Arjun Kadhe 6-0 6-3 and Yuki Mochizuki 6-2 3-6 7-66.
In the qualifications, Yusuke defeated Mochizuki (6-2 3-6 7-66). During the match Takahashi scored 105 points vs Mochizuki’s 102. Yusuke was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Takahashi couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (44/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Takahashi broke Mochizuki 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Takahashi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Astana.
The Japanese has a compiled 37-30 win-loss record in 2023, 33-27 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Holmgren | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 45 |
| Pts | 114-80 | 162-131 |
| Total Points | 194 | 293 |
| Winners | 52 | 71 |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% |
Both Holmgren and Takahashi played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yusuke Takahashi dropped 1 set while August Holmgren hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Holmgren has played 1 set(s) less than Takahashi (4 vs 5). Therefore, Holmgren played 10 games less than Takahashi. Holmgren scored 52 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi made 71 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Holmgren | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 64/97 | 100/139 |
| %1st in | 66% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 52/64 | 71/100 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 59% |
Holmgren made 10 aces (5 per match). Takahashi made 4 aces (2 per match). Holmgren won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Holmgren | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Holmgren broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. August was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Yusuke broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Holmgren | ||||
| Q1 Tsutsumi |
Q3 Wehnelt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 54-38 | 60-42 | 114-80 | |
| Total points | 92 | 102 | 194 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 33/46 | 64/97 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 27/33 | 52/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 9/13 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 69% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/5 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 60% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Takahashi | ||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 30 | 45 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 105-102 | 162-131 | |
| Total points | 86 | 207 | 293 | |
| Winners | 27 | 44 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/39 | 68/100 | 100/139 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 68% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 44/68 | 71/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 18/32 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/10 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 70% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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