Elias Ymer and Rei Sakamoto will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 2 sets.
Elias Ymer -> 1.21
Rei Sakamoto -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
19 - 28win/loss
314
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-28 | 4-12 | 6-9 | 6-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 314, Ymer will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4 to Moreno De Alboran in the 1st round on the 28th of October.
Elias has an aggregate 19-28 win-loss record in 2024, 4-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Elias’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Ymer has an overall 395-329 record. He has a negative 77-95 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Ymer has never competed in this tournament before.
Rei Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-13 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 801, Sakamoto will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Sioux Falls Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1
to Martin in the qualifications on the 20th of October.The Japanese has an overall 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sakamoto’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 23-30 record. He has a negative 11-16 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
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- Alex BoltBolt – Matej DodigDodig (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Sho KatayamaKatayama (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Shunsuke NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shintaro ImaiImai – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction