Rio Noguchi and Bruno Kuzuhara will face off in the 2nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 8. 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 Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.64
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Bruno Kuzuhara
There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Bruno Kuzuhara since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rio Noguchi
25 - 19win/loss
298
201
LLLLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, Noguchi reached the 2nd round after defeating Quinn Vandecasteele 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5 and Mark Lajal 3-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Lajal, Noguchi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Noguchi scored 87 points vs Lajal’s 79. Rio was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Noguchi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rio Noguchi was quite effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Noguchi broke Lajal 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Noguchi has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (313-215). 20-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Noguchi has an overall208-129 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill.
Rio has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2024, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Bruno Kuzuhara
26 - 19win/loss
530
394
LLWLLLLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, Kuzuhara got to the 2nd round after defeating Joshua Lapadat 6-3 6-4, Nishesh Basavareddy 1-6 7-6(7) 1-1 ret., Alexis Galarneau 5-7 7-5 6-1 and Rio Noguchi .
In the 1st round against Galarneau, Bruno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-1). During the match Kuzuhara scored 114 points vs Galarneau’s 103. Kuzuhara was pretty aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzuhara blasted 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 80% of his first serves in, winning 65% (64/99) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Bruno broke Galarneau 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Bruno’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Pensacola.
The American has a composed 25-19 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Kuzuhara has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noguchi | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 95 | 72 |
| Pts | 316-300 | 255-248 |
| Total Points | 616 | 503 |
| Winners | 135 | 145 |
| %Winners | 43% | 57% |
Both Noguchi and Kuzuhara played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Rio Noguchi surrendered 3 sets, while Bruno Kuzuhara conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Noguchi and Kuzuhara have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Noguchi played 23 games more than Kuzuhara. Noguchi scored 135 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bruno managed to score 145 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noguchi | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 213/309 | 225/292 |
| %1st in | 69% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 135/213 | 145/225 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 46/96 | 27/67 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 40% |
Noguchi fired 3 aces (1 per match). Kuzuhara bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Noguchi won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kuzuhara won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noguchi | Kuzuhara |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 9 |
| Converted | 18/35 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 51% | 43% |
| Conceded | 34 | 35 |
| Saved | 21 | 27 |
| % Saved | 62% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 13 | 8 |
Rio broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Noguchi conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Kuzuhara broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Noguchi | |||||
| Q1 Vandecasteele |
Q3 Matsuda |
R1 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-3 | 6-72 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 34 | 30 | 95 | |
| pts | 100-101 | 129-120 | 87-79 | 316-300 | |
| Total points | 201 | 249 | 166 | 616 | |
| Winners | 36 | 60 | 39 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/99 | 99/130 | 55/80 | 213/309 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 76% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/59 | 60/99 | 39/55 | 135/213 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | 71% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 14/31 | 13/25 | 46/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 45% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 7/11 | 5/9 | 18/35 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 64% | 56% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 | 6 | 34 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 12/16 | 2/6 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 75% | 33% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Kuzuhara | |||||
| Q1 Lapadat |
Q3 Basavareddy |
R1 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 1-6 7-67 1-1 ret. | 5-7 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 31 | 72 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 75-91 | 114-103 | 255-248 | |
| Total points | 120 | 166 | 217 | 503 | |
| Winners | 38 | 43 | 64 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 57% | 56% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/66 | 72/103 | 99/123 | 225/292 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 70% | 80% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 43/72 | 64/99 | 145/225 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 60% | 65% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 11/31 | 10/24 | 27/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 35% | 42% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/1 | 5/14 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 | 15 | 35 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 9/13 | 12/15 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 69% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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