Taisei Ichikawa and Thomas Braithwaite will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Burnie 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taisei Ichikawa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taisei Ichikawa is the pick to win this match.
Taisei Ichikawa -> 1.43
Thomas Braithwaite -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Taisei Ichikawa vs. Thomas Braithwaite
There is no head to head record between Taisei Ichikawa and Thomas Braithwaite since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-19 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 712 (career-high), Ichikawa reached the qualifications after beating Scott Jones 7-64 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Jones (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match, Ichikawa scored 98 points vs Jones’s 88. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ichikawa managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Taisei Ichikawa lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ichikawa put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Jones 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Ichikawa has won exactly 50% of his matches (89-89) in the last 6 years. 2-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ichikawa has an aggregate65-68 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Japanese has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie 2 Challenger
Thomas Braithwaite
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-26 | 32-22 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-13 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 881, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Mason Naumovski 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Thomas had a good straight sets win against Naumovski (6-3 6-4). During the match Braithwaite scored 71 points vs Naumovski’s 59. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Braithwaite blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thomas Braithwaite lost the serve once. Furthermore, Braithwaite put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Naumovski 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Thomas has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ichikawa | Braithwaite |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 |
| Pts | 98-88 | 71-59 |
| Total Points | 186 | 130 |
| Winners | 43 | 31 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Ichikawa and Braithwaite played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Taisei Ichikawa surrendered 1 set while Thomas Braithwaite hasn’t lost a set so far. Ichikawa has played 1 set more than Braithwaite (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ichikawa played 13 games more than Braithwaite. The Japanese scored 43 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Thomas bagged 31 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ichikawa | Braithwaite |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 45/59 |
| %1st in | 68% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 31/45 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 57% |
Ichikawa scored 3 aces . Braithwaite managed to score 2 aces . Ichikawa won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Braithwaite won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ichikawa | Braithwaite |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 80% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Taisei dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Thomas broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ichikawa | |||
| Q1 Jones |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 98-88 | 98-88 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Braithwaite | |||
| Q1 Naumovski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 71-59 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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