Holger Rune and Alejandro Tabilo will square off in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. 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 Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.727
Alejandro Tabilo -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Alejandro Tabilo

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Alejandro Tabilo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

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Rank
15
High
4
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-22 20-10 10-6 4-4 2-2 0-0
2024 45-24 21-12 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 14, the Dane will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Hangzhou where he lost 7-5 6-4

to Uchiyama in the 2nd round on the 21st of September.

Rune has an overall 33-19 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Holger’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Talking about his overall career, Holger has an overall 239-125 record. He has a positive 46-39 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.

Tokyo
Rune's Record

Alejandro Tabilo

Alejandro Tabilo

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Rank
81
High
19
LWLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-23 20-13 6-7 1-3 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 13-8 15-10 3-7 7-2 0-0
2023 52-26 13-5 39-19 0-1 0-1 0-0
2022 33-22 7-6 23-11 0-1 3-4 0-0
2021 38-30 13-9 22-15 1-3 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 22, the Chilean will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 7-6(4) 7-6(2) to Dimitrov in the round robin on the 20th of September.

The Chilean has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Auckland where he defeated Taro Daniel in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Aix En Provence Challenger where he overcame Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Mallorca where he overcame Sebastian Ofner in the final 6-3 6-4.

In terms of his career, The Chilean has an overall 331-214 record. He has a positive 92-59 record on hard.

Tokyo
Tabilo's Record

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