Stefanos Sakellaridis and Yusuke Takahashi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.65
Stefanos Sakellaridis -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Sakellaridis vs. Yusuke Takahashi
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Sakellaridis and Yusuke Takahashi play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Takahashi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Takahashi won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in 2023.
Stefanos Sakellaridis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-25 | 31-22 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-52 | 35-26 | 30-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 66-49 | 23-13 | 38-33 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-36 | 5-1 | 29-35 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 0-3 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416, Stefanos got to the qualifications after beating Matija Pecotic 7-5 0-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Sakellaridis defeated Pecotic (7-5 0-6 6-2).During the match, Sakellaridis scored less points (1) than Pecotic. In fact, the world no. 416 won 77 points vs Pecotic’s. That means that Sakellaridis was more focused during the important points. Sakellaridis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakellaridis blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Sakellaridis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakellaridis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Sakellaridis broke Pecotic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Sakellaridis has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 51% of his matches (178-172). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakellaridis has an aggregate64-45 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Greek has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger
Stefanos has never competed in this tournament before.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-21 | 20-19 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 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. 446, Yusuke got to the qualifications after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-3 6-4). During the match Takahashi scored 70 points vs Kirkin’s 60. Takahashi was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Takahashi made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 79% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Yusuke broke Kirkin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Japanese has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 |
| Pts | 77-78 | 70-60 |
| Total Points | 155 | 130 |
| Winners | 29 | 34 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Sakellaridis and Takahashi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Stefanos Sakellaridis lost 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sakellaridis has played 1 set more than Takahashi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sakellaridis played 7 games more than Takahashi. Stefanos scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 34 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 53/67 |
| %1st in | 56% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 34/53 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 64% |
Sakellaridis made 6 aces . Takahashi blasted 5 aces . Sakellaridis won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakellaridis | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 36% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Greek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Yusuke conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakellaridis | |||
| Q1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 77-78 | 77-78 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 70-60 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/67 | 53/67 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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