Yusuke Takahashi and Cing-Yang Meng will play each other in the qualifications of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 2 sets.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.193
Cing-Yang Meng -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Cing-Yang Meng
There is no head to head record between Yusuke Takahashi and Cing-Yang Meng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 25-25 | 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. 518, Takahashi reached the qualifications after defeating Taketo Takamisawa 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Takamisawa (6-0 6-3). During the match, Takahashi scored 58 points vs Takamisawa’s 32. Takahashi was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Takahashi managed to score 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Yusuke Takahashi was very efficient on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Takamisawa 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Takahashi has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (218-195). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Takahashi has a compiled 13-16 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Takahashi has a compiled 27-23 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
Cing-Yang Meng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-9 | 5-6 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 15-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Cing-Yang got to the qualifications after defeating Kai-I Wang 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Cing-Yang had a good straight sets win against Wang (7-62 6-4). During the match Meng scored 80 points vs Wang’s 73. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Meng bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Cing-Yang Meng was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Wang twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Chinese has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Takahashi | Meng |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 |
| Pts | 58-32 | 80-73 |
| Total Points | 90 | 153 |
| Winners | 24 | 30 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Takahashi and Meng 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, Takahashi and Meng have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Takahashi played 8 games less than Meng. Yusuke scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Meng struck 30 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Takahashi | Meng |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 41/81 |
| %1st in | 74% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 22/40 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 55% |
Takahashi fired 2 aces . Meng made 7 aces . Takahashi won 92% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Meng won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Takahashi | Meng |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 42% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Yusuke was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Takamisawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 58-32 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Meng | |||
| Q1 Wang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 80-73 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/81 | 41/81 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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