Bruno Kuzuhara and Ryuki Matsuda will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Lincoln Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bruno Kuzuhara who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bruno Kuzuhara is the pick to win this match.
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.31
Ryuki Matsuda -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Ryuki Matsuda
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Ryuki Matsuda since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
27 - 23win/loss
432
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. 396, Kuzuhara got to the qualifications after beating Calum Puttergill 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Puttergill (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 63 points vs Puttergill’s 57. The American was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzuhara couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Puttergill 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kuzuhara has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 54% of his matches (105-88). 12-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzuhara has a compiled39-35 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Kuzuhara’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Pensacola.
Bruno has a composed 27-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lincoln Challenger
Bruno has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryuki Matsuda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-30 | 35-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 35-28 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 44-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, Ryuki got to the qualifications after beating Keenan Mayo 6-4 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Ryuki had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-4 7-63). During the match Matsuda scored 77 points vs Mayo’s 62. Matsuda was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Matsuda recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryuki Matsuda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Matsuda put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Matsuda broke Mayo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Matsuda’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Harmon.
Ryuki has an overall 24-21 win-loss record in 2024, 24-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 63-57 | 77-62 |
| Total Points | 120 | 139 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Kuzuhara and Matsuda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzuhara and Matsuda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzuhara played 3 games less than Matsuda. Bruno scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Matsuda bagged 28 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 42/62 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 65% |
Kuzuhara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Matsuda blasted 3 aces . Kuzuhara won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Matsuda won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Bruno broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kuzuhara conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ryuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ryuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Puttergill |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-57 | 63-57 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 39/58 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Matsuda | |||
| Q1 Mayo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 77-62 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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