Yosuke Watanuki and Hiroki Moriya will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.183
Hiroki Moriya -> 4.35

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Hiroki Moriya

This will be the 4^th time that Yosuke Watanuki and Hiroki Moriya fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Moriya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Watanuki won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in the qualifications in Seoul back in 2022.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 290, Yousuke got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 5-7 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Zhou, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 98 points vs Zhou’s 89. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watanuki blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was very effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Watanuki broke Zhou 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Watanuki has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (226-145). 7-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a compiled 139-80 match record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Hiroki Moriya

Ranked no. 391, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after beating Yusuke Kusuhara 6-4 7-5 and Matteo Gigante 6-0 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Moriya had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-0 6-4). During the match Moriya scored 56 points vs Gigante’s 36. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Moriya scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 60% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Moriya broke Gigante 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Traralgon,M25 Takasaki and M25 Cairns.

Moriya has an overall 34-29 win-loss record in 2024, 34-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Watanuki	Moriya
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	30	38
Pts	98-89	131-101
Total Points	187	232
Winners	35	58
%Winners	36%	44%

Watanuki played 1 match while Moriya competed in 2 matches. Moriya started his run from the qualifications while Watanuki had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki dropped 1 set while Hiroki Moriya hasn’t dropped a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set(s) less than Moriya (3 vs 4). Therefore, Watanuki played 8 games less than Moriya. The Japanese scored 35 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Hiroki struck 58 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Watanuki	Moriya
Aces	8	3
Avg per match	8	1.5
1st in	42/91	75/117
%1st in	46%	64%
1st pts	35/42	58/75
%1st pts	83%	77%
2nd pts	26/49	21/42
%2nd pts	53%	50%

Watanuki scored 8 aces . Moriya struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Watanuki won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Moriya won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Watanuki	Moriya
Won	4	8
Converted	4/8	8/16
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Moriya conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Watanuki
	R1 Zhou	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	98-89	98-89
Total points	187	187
Winners	35	35
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	42/91	42/91
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	35/42	35/42
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	26/49	26/49
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Moriya
	Q1 Kusuhara	Q3 Paire	R1 Gigante	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	7-63 6-3	6-0 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	22	16	60
pts	75-65	–	56-36	131-101
Total points	140	0	92	232
Winners	33		25	58
%Winners	44%	0%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	1	3
Double Faults	2		3	5
1st in	45/67	/	30/50	75/117
% 1st in	67%	0%	60%	64%
1st pts	33/45	/	25/30	58/75
% 1st pts	73%	0%	83%	77%
2nd pts	12/22	/	9/20	21/42
% 2nd pts	55%	0%	45%	50%
Breaks
Won	3		5	8
Converted	3/9	/	5/7	8/16
Converted %	33%	0%	71%	50%
Conceded	3		3	6
Saved	2/3	0/	2/3	4
Saved %	67%	–	67%	134%
Times Broken	1		1	2

Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger

• Alex BoltBolt – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (4-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alex BoltBolt – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction