Yusuke Takahashi and Adam Neff will face off in the qualifications of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.363
Adam Neff -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Adam Neff

There is no head to head record between Yusuke Takahashi and Adam Neff since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 467, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Hans Hach Verdugo 6-0 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Hach Verdugo (6-0 6-2). During the match, Takahashi scored 55 points vs Hach Verdugo’s 28. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Takahashi managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yusuke Takahashi was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Takahashi broke Hach Verdugo 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Takahashi has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (203-182). 11-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Takahashi has an aggregate 171-149 match record in the last years on hard.

Takahashi has a compiled 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Takahashi has never competed in this tournament before.

Adam Neff

Ranked no. 839, Neff reached the qualifications after beating Harrison Adams 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Adam had a good straight sets win against Adams (6-3 6-3). During the match Neff scored 68 points vs Adams’s 54. Adam was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Neff scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Adam Neff was very effective on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Adam broke Adams 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The American has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Takahashi	Neff
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	18
Pts	55-28	68-54
Total Points	83	122
Winners	21	20
%Winners	38%	29%

Both Takahashi and Neff played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Takahashi and Neff have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Takahashi played 4 games less than Neff. Takahashi scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Adam fired 20 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Takahashi	Neff
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	27/43	25/62
%1st in	63%	40%
1st pts	21/27	20/25
%1st pts	78%	80%
2nd pts	9/16	19/37
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Takahashi blasted 2 aces . Neff bagged 7 aces . Takahashi won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Neff won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Takahashi	Neff
Won	5	4
Converted	5/6	4/7
% Converted	83%	57%
Conceded	2	7
Saved	2	6
% Saved	100%	86%
Times Broken	0	1

The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Japanese had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Takahashi
	Q1 Hach Verdugo	Total
Score	6-0 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	55-28	55-28
Total points	83	83
Winners	21	21
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	27/43	27/43
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	21/27	21/27
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/16	9/16
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Neff
	Q1 Adams	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	68-54	68-54
Total points	122	122
Winners	20	20
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	25/62	25/62
% 1st in	40%	40%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	19/37	19/37
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

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