Ryuki Matsuda and Ajeet Rai will play each other in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Ajeet Rai who should win in 3 sets.
Ajeet Rai -> 1.615
Ryuki Matsuda -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Ryuki Matsuda vs. Ajeet Rai
There is no head to head record between Ryuki Matsuda and Ajeet Rai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ryuki Matsuda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-32 | 36-31 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 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. 569, the Japanese got to the 1st round after beating Scott Jones 6-4 6-2 and Alexander Klintcharov 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, Matsuda defeated Klintcharov (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Matsuda scored 99 points vs Klintcharov’s 80. Matsuda was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Matsuda scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Ryuki Matsuda lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Matsuda put 73% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Klintcharov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Matsuda has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (124-92). 32-28 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Matsuda has an aggregate121-84 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Harmon.
Ryuki has a composed 32-28 win-loss record in 2024, 32-28 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Playford Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Ajeet Rai
26 - 27win/loss
572
417
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-30 | 24-22 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 19-24 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 609, Rai will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Cairns where he lost 3-6 7-5 3-0 ret. to Jasika in the 2nd round on the 10th
of October.Ajeet has a composed 26-27 win-loss record in 2024, 22-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ajeet’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong.
In terms of his career, The Kiwi has an overall 168-133 record. He has a positive 144-112 record on hard.
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dane SweenySweeny – Blake EllisEllis (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Li TuTu – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake MottMott – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Zura TkemaladzeTkemaladze (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Emile HuddHudd (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – Shintaro ImaiImai (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda – Ajeet RaiRai (0-0) – H2H and prediction