Omar Jasika and Takuya Kumasaka will play each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Omar Jasika who should win in 2 sets.
Omar Jasika -> 1.154
Takuya Kumasaka -> 4.8
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Prediction and head to head Omar Jasika vs. Takuya Kumasaka
This will be the 2nd time that Omar Jasika and Takuya Kumasaka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jasika (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Jasika won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2024.
Omar Jasika
50 - 23win/loss
187
187
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-23 | 47-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 34-20 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-23 | 63-20 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187 (career-high), Omar will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 to Hijikata in the quarter on the 25th of October.
Jasika has an overall 50-23 win-loss record in 2024, 47-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Burnie 1 Challenger where he defeated Alex Bolt in the final 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 267-150 record. He has a positive 228-108 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Takuya Kumasaka
29 - 17win/loss
506
506
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 27-15 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 18-12 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-8 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 506 (career-high), Kumasaka got to the 1st round after beating Jesse Delaney 6-2 6-4 and Zura Tkemaladze 4-6 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Tkemaladze, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Kumasaka scored 97 points vs Tkemaladze’s 83. Takuya was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kumasaka bagged 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Takuya Kumasaka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kumasaka put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Takuya broke Tkemaladze 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Takuya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Takuya’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sapporo.
Kumasaka has a composed 29-17 win-loss record in 2024, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Tibo ColsonColson – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alex BoltBolt – Ajeet RaiRai (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake EllisEllis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seita WatanabeWatanabe – Blake MottMott (0-0) – H2H and prediction