Jesse Delaney and Taisei Ichikawa will square off in the qualifications of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taisei Ichikawa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taisei Ichikawa is the pick to win this match.
Taisei Ichikawa -> 1.25
Jesse Delaney -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Jesse Delaney vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Jesse Delaney and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Jesse Delaney
22 - 25win/loss
LWLWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-26 | 19-21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-26 | 19-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-14 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Corban Crowther 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Delaney had a good straight sets win against Crowther (6-4 6-4). During the match, Delaney scored 57 points vs Crowther’s 42. Jesse was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Delaney fired 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Jesse Delaney was very efficient on serve to win 92% (22/24) of his 1st serve and 90% (18/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Delaney broke Crowther twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Delaney has a unfavourable win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 48% of his matches (64-69). 19-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Delaney has a compiled53-58 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Jesse has a compiled 22-25 win-loss record in 2024, 19-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-13 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-19 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 699, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Hugh Winter 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Winter (6-4 6-0). During the match Ichikawa scored 56 points vs Winter’s 36. Taisei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Ichikawa fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taisei Ichikawa conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Ichikawa put 71% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Winter 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Taisei’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Ichikawa has an aggregate 17-13 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Delaney | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 57-42 | 56-36 |
| Total Points | 99 | 92 |
| Winners | 22 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% |
Both Delaney and Ichikawa 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, Delaney and Ichikawa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Delaney played 4 games more than Ichikawa. Jesse scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ichikawa blasted 29 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Delaney | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 36/51 |
| %1st in | 55% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 18/20 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 90% | 47% |
Delaney bagged 5 aces . Ichikawa blasted 2 aces . Delaney won 92% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 90% of the points. On the other side, Ichikawa won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Delaney | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Delaney broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Delaney quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ichikawa broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ichikawa was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Delaney | |||
| Q1 Crowther |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 57-42 | 57-42 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 90% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ichikawa | |||
| Q1 Winter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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