Takeru Yuzuki and Zura Tkemaladze will square off in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zura Tkemaladze who should win in 2 sets.
Zura Tkemaladze -> 1.3
Takeru Yuzuki -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Takeru Yuzuki vs. Zura Tkemaladze
There is no head to head record between Takeru Yuzuki and Zura Tkemaladze since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Takeru Yuzuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Leonid Sheyngezikht 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sheyngezikht (6-1 6-4). During the match, Yuzuki scored 62 points vs Sheyngezikht’s 35. Takeru was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yuzuki scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Takeru Yuzuki was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Takeru broke Sheyngezikht 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Yuzuki has a weak win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 45% of his matches (13-16). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Yuzuki has an aggregate11-12 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Takeru has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Zura Tkemaladze
14 - 17win/loss
688
633
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 21-18 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-33 | 31-24 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-27 | 29-19 | 9-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-13 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 709, Tkemaladze got to the qualifications after defeating Jakub Katuch 7-6(3) 6-0 and Takeru Yuzuki .
In the qualifications, Tkemaladze had a good straight sets win against Katuch (7-63 6-0). During the match Tkemaladze scored 67 points vs Katuch’s 45. Zura was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Tkemaladze blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Zura Tkemaladze was very effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Georgean broke Katuch 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Georgean’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Koszalin.
The Georgean has a compiled 14-17 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yuzuki | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 62-35 | 67-45 |
| Total Points | 97 | 112 |
| Winners | 26 | 27 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Yuzuki and Tkemaladze 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, Yuzuki and Tkemaladze have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yuzuki played 2 games less than Tkemaladze. The Japanese scored 26 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean scored 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yuzuki | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 34/56 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 59% |
Yuzuki struck 10 aces . Tkemaladze struck 3 aces . Yuzuki won 90% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Tkemaladze won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yuzuki | Tkemaladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Takeru broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Yuzuki pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Georgean broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Zura conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Yuzuki | |||
| Q1 Sheyngezikht | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-35 | 62-35 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tkemaladze | |||
| Q1 Katuch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 34/56 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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