Yusuke Takahashi and Alafia Ayeni will square off in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alafia Ayeni who should win in 3 sets.
Alafia Ayeni -> 1.87
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Alafia Ayeni
This will be the 2nd time that Yusuke Takahashi and Alafia Ayeni 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 squared off, Takahashi won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger back in 2019.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 23-23 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 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. 455, Takahashi reached the qualifications after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Takahashi had a good straight sets win against Christopher Romios (6-1 6-1). During the match, Takahashi scored 52 points vs Christopher Romios’s 22. Yusuke was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Yusuke Takahashi was pretty effective on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 100% (11/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Christopher Romios 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Takahashi has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (202-181). 10-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Takahashi has a compiled 170-148 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-30 | 24-20 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 12-10 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 536, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Sora Fukuda 6-74 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Fukuda, Ayeni recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-4). During the match Ayeni scored 98 points vs Fukuda’s 92. Ayeni was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Ayeni struck 16 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alafia Ayeni was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Fukuda 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Alafia has a composed 9-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Takahashi | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 33 |
| Pts | 52-22 | 98-92 |
| Total Points | 74 | 190 |
| Winners | 17 | 41 |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% |
Both Takahashi and Ayeni played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alafia Ayeni conceded 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Takahashi has played 1 set(s) less than Ayeni (2 vs 3). Therefore, Takahashi played 19 games less than Ayeni. Takahashi scored 17 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Ayeni bagged 41 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Takahashi | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 16 |
| 1st in | 19/30 | 54/97 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 41/54 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/11 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 100% | 53% |
Takahashi made 1 ace . Ayeni also recorded 16 aces . Takahashi won 89% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 100% of the points. On the other side, Ayeni won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Takahashi | Ayeni |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 71% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Yusuke broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Japanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alafia broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Christopher | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 52-22 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/11 | 11/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ayeni | |||
| Q1 Fukuda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 98-92 | 98-92 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/97 | 54/97 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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