Corey Gaal and Takuya Kumasaka will face off in the qualifications of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER 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 Takuya Kumasaka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Takuya Kumasaka is the pick to win this match.
Takuya Kumasaka -> 1.28
Corey Gaal -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Corey Gaal vs. Takuya Kumasaka

There is no head to head record between Corey Gaal and Takuya Kumasaka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Corey Gaal

Corey Gaal

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1-0

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High

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	4-5	4-4	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0
2023	29-26	12-10	14-12	0-0	3-4	0-0
2022	14-15	12-13	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0
2021	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Currently unranked, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Jayden Court 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Corey defeated Court (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match, Gaal scored less points (1) than Court. In fact, the world no. won 83 points vs Court’s. That means that Gaal was more focused during the important points. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gaal struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Corey Gaal lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gaal put 65% of his first serves in, winning 71% (44/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Gaal was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Court twice.

Gaal has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (44-41). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gaal has an aggregate25-23 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Gaal has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Burnie 1 Challenger

Burnie 1 Challenger

Gaal's Record

Takuya Kumasaka

Takuya Kumasaka

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Hard

1-0

I Hard

0-0

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599

High
579

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	18-11	16-10	2-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2023	33-24	18-12	15-12	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	22-14	22-14	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2021	8-8	8-6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 742 (career-high), the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Naoki Tajima 6-4 7-6⁴.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Tajima (6-4 7-6⁴). During the match Kumasaka scored 93 points vs Tajima’s 84. Kumasaka was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Kumasaka made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Takuya Kumasaka lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kumasaka put 55% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (27/44) on the 2nd serve. Kumasaka broke Tajima twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Kumasaka has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Burnie 1 Challenger

Kumasaka's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Gaal and Kumasaka played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Corey Gaal conceded 1 set while Takuya Kumasaka hasn’t lost a set so far. Gaal has played 1 set more than Kumasaka (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gaal played 4 games more than Kumasaka. Corey scored 44 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Kumasaka made 35 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Gaal fired 6 aces . Kumasaka fired 3 aces . Gaal won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kumasaka won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Corey lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Kumasaka broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Kumasaka conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

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Takuya
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Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

4 - 5

18 - 11

4-4

Hard

16-10

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2-1

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