Ajeet Rai and Yuki Mochizuki will face off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Yuki Mochizuki who should win in 3 sets.
Yuki Mochizuki -> 1.84
Ajeet Rai -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Ajeet Rai vs. Yuki Mochizuki
This will be the 2nd time that Ajeet Rai and Yuki Mochizuki clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mochizuki (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Mochizuki won 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in M15 Jakarta back in 2022.
Ajeet Rai
27 - 28win/loss
578
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. 617, Ajeet got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ajeet had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-5 7-5). During the match, Rai scored 85 points vs Bolt’s 77. The Kiwi was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rai made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ajeet Rai lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rai put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Kiwi broke Bolt 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Rai has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (169-134). 23-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Rai has an overall145-113 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Kiwi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong.
The Kiwi has a composed 27-28 win-loss record in 2024, 23-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Yuki Mochizuki
20 - 18win/loss
672
471
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 15-16 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 21-23 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 18-12 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 747, Yuki got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Klintcharov 3-6 6-3 6-3, Emile Hudd 6-2 7-5 and Aleksandre Bakshi 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Mochizuki had a good straight sets win against Bakshi (6-4 6-2). During the match Mochizuki scored 64 points vs Bakshi’s 49. Yuki was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Mochizuki bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuki Mochizuki lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 79% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the 2nd serve. Yuki broke Bakshi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Mochizuki has a compiled 20-18 win-loss record in 2024, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Mochizuki has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rai | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 65 |
| Pts | 85-77 | 224-194 |
| Total Points | 162 | 418 |
| Winners | 36 | 86 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Rai played 1 match while Mochizuki competed in 3 matches. Mochizuki started his run from the qualifications while Rai had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yuki Mochizuki surrendered 1 set while Ajeet Rai hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rai has played 5 set(s) less than Mochizuki (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rai played 41 games less than Mochizuki. Rai scored 36 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Yuki blasted 86 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rai | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 47/80 | 133/194 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 86/133 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 35/61 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Rai recorded 6 aces . Mochizuki recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Rai won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rai | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 14/32 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 16 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Rai broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ajeet conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mochizuki conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rai | |||
| R1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 85-77 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/80 | 47/80 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mochizuki | |||||
| Q1 Klintcharov | Q3 Hudd | R1 Bakshi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 18 | 65 | |
| pts | 92-87 | 68-58 | 64-49 | 224-194 | |
| Total points | 179 | 126 | 113 | 418 | |
| Winners | 32 | 25 | 29 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% | 45% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/70 | 39/66 | 46/58 | 133/194 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 79% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 25/39 | 29/46 | 86/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 64% | 63% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 18/27 | 8/12 | 35/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 67% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 14/32 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 57% | 67% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 83% | 80% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Marc PolmansPolmans (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Tibo ColsonColson (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Omar JasikaJasika – Blake EllisEllis (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thanasi KokkinakisThanasi – Philip SekulicPhilip (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Blake MottMott – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Ajeet RaiRai – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emile HuddHudd – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction