Yan Bai and Rei Sakamoto will face off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT C. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yan Bai who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.31
Rei Sakamoto -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Yan Bai vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Yan Bai and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-21 | 47-19 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Christoph Negritu 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Negritu (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match, Bai scored 113 points vs Negritu’s 107. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bai blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yan Bai lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Bai put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Yan broke Negritu 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Bai has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (306-157). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bai has a composed 16-9 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Bai’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Hinode,M25 Anning,M25 Luzhou,M25 Tianjin,M25 Yinchuan and M25 Huzhou.
Yan has a composed 52-20 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Rei Sakamoto
12 - 14win/loss
799
778
LWWLLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 5-10 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 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 got to the qualifications after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 65 points vs Sweeny’s 49. Rei was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Rei Sakamoto was quite effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sweeny 3 times.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.
Sakamoto has a composed 12-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bai | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 |
| Pts | 113-107 | 65-49 |
| Total Points | 220 | 114 |
| Winners | 45 | 23 |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% |
Both Bai and Sakamoto played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yan Bai surrendered 1 set while Rei Sakamoto hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bai has played 1 set more than Sakamoto (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bai played 14 games more than Sakamoto. The Chinese scored 45 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rei recorded 23 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bai | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 66/107 | 30/63 |
| %1st in | 62% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Bai bagged 5 aces . Sakamoto scored 8 aces . Bai won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bai | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/18 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 22% | 100% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Yan broke his opponent 4 times with a 22% conversion rate. The Chinese lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Rei broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Bai | |||
| Q1 Negritu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 113-107 | 113-107 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 66/107 | 66/107 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 23/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 4/18 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| Q1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/63 | 30/63 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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