Guy Den Ouden and Kris Van Wyk will square 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 D. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Guy Den Ouden who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Guy Den Ouden is the pick to win this match.
Guy Den Ouden -> 1.67
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Guy Den Ouden vs. Kris Van Wyk
There is no head to head record between Guy Den Ouden and Kris Van Wyk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Guy Den Ouden
34 - 22win/loss
313
270
LWWLLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-23 | 3-6 | 28-12 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-19 | 35-9 | 24-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-12 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-13 | 16-5 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Den Ouden reached the qualifications after beating Taisei Ichikawa 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Ichikawa, Den Ouden recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Den Ouden scored 93 points vs Ichikawa’s 76. Guy was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Den Ouden scored 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Guy Den Ouden lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Den Ouden put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Guy broke Ichikawa 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Den Ouden has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (138-70). 3-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Den Ouden has an overall3-8 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Dobrich 2 Challenger where he beat Jelle Sels in the final 6-2 6-3.
Guy has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57-35 | 56-34 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 355, Van Wyk reached the qualifications after beating Takuya Kumasaka 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications against Kumasaka, Van Wyk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Van Wyk scored 108 points vs Kumasaka’s 105. Kris was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Van Wyk recorded 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Kris Van Wyk lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Van Wyk put 61% of his first serves in, winning 56% (40/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. Kris broke Kumasaka 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Van Wyk’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir,M15 Hillcrest and M25 Guiyang.
Van Wyk has an overall 57-34 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Den Ouden | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 31 |
| Pts | 93-76 | 108-105 |
| Total Points | 169 | 213 |
| Winners | 33 | 40 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Den Ouden and Van Wyk played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Guy Den Ouden dropped 1 set, while Kris Van Wyk lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Den Ouden and Van Wyk have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Den Ouden played 6 games less than Van Wyk. Den Ouden scored 33 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kris recorded 40 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Den Ouden | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9 |
| 1st in | 47/84 | 71/116 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 40/71 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 25/45 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Den Ouden managed to score 9 aces . Van Wyk struck 9 aces . Den Ouden won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Van Wyk won 56% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Den Ouden | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 31% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 17 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 80% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The South African broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kris conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Den Ouden | |||
| Q1 Ichikawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-76 | 93-76 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/84 | 47/84 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Kumasaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 108-105 | 108-105 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 71/116 | 71/116 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/71 | 40/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 12/17 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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