Dalibor Svrcina and Yusuke Takahashi will square off in the 2nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.39
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Yusuke Takahashi
There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dalibor Svrcina
18 - 19win/loss
254
154
WWWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-26 | 25-12 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 6-3 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312, Dalibor reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-2 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Svrcina had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (6-2 7-62). During the match, Svrcina scored 77 points vs Lamasine’s 58. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Svrcina recorded 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Svrcina broke Lamasine 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Svrcina has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (138-112). 7-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Svrcina has a composed39-34 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Dalibor’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
The Czech has a composed 18-19 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 516, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Linang Xiao 6-3 6-2, Alafia Ayeni 6-3 6-3 and Marc Polmans 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Polmans (7-5 6-3). During the match Takahashi scored 81 points vs Polmans’s 66. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Takahashi managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (29/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Yusuke broke Polmans 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Takahashi has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 56 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 206-148 |
| Total Points | 135 | 354 |
| Winners | 28 | 78 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Svrcina played 1 match while Takahashi competed in 3 matches. Takahashi started his run from the qualifications while Svrcina had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Svrcina has played 4 set(s) less than Takahashi (2 vs 6). Therefore, Svrcina played 35 games less than Takahashi. The Czech scored 28 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yusuke made 78 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 97/161 |
| %1st in | 56% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 78/97 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 40/64 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 63% |
Svrcina fired 2 aces . Takahashi scored 21 aces (7 per match). Svrcina won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 44% | 34% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Dalibor broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Yusuke conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svrcina | |||
| R1 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 39/70 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Takahashi | |||||
| Q1 Xiao |
Q3 Ayeni |
R1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 65-38 | 60-44 | 81-66 | 206-148 | |
| Total points | 103 | 104 | 147 | 354 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 29 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 13 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 35/60 | 35/56 | 97/161 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 24/35 | 29/35 | 78/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 69% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 18/25 | 10/21 | 40/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 72% | 48% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/4 | 4/14 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 75% | 29% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/5 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 67% | 267% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Zhangjiagang Challenger
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-75 6-0) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor AgafonovAgafonov (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Jie CuiCui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Yibing WuWu (7-5 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Mikalai HaliakHaliak (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sheng TangTang – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (4-6 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Lukas PokornyPokorny (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Yi ZhouZhou (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Philip HenningHenning (4-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-7(5) 6-0) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yan BaiBai – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sheng TangTang – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
