Jakub Paul and Kasidit Samrej will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT D. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.53
Kasidit Samrej -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Kasidit Samrej

There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Kasidit Samrej since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 378 (career-high), the Swiss got to the qualifications after beating Yi Zhou 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Paul had a good straight sets win against Zhou (6-4 6-2). During the match, Paul scored 63 points vs Zhou’s 47. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Paul blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Paul lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Zhou 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Paul has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (200-159). 12-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has an overall36-33 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Jakub’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Sarajevo and M25 Sion.

Paul has a composed 40-24 win-loss record in 2024, 12-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.

Kasidit Samrej

Ranked no. 423 (career-high), the Thai reached the qualifications after beating Rio Noguchi 3-6 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications against Noguchi, Kasidit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4).During the match Samrej scored less points (3) than Noguchi. In fact, the world no. 378 won 92 points vs Noguchi’s. That means that Samrej was more focused during the important points. The Thai was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Samrej made 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Kasidit Samrej lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Samrej put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (13/39) on the 2nd serve. Samrej broke Noguchi 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Samrej’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The Thai has an aggregate 37-21 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Paul	Samrej
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	31
Pts	63-47	92-95
Total Points	110	187
Winners	28	41
%Winners	44%	45%

Both Paul and Samrej played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kasidit Samrej lost 1 set while Jakub Paul hasn’t lost a set so far. Paul has played 1 set(s) less than Samrej (2 vs 3). Therefore, Paul played 13 games less than Samrej. Paul scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Samrej scored 41 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Paul	Samrej
Aces	4	13
Avg per match	4	13
1st in	36/54	62/101
%1st in	67%	61%
1st pts	28/36	41/62
%1st pts	78%	66%
2nd pts	9/18	13/39
%2nd pts	50%	33%

Paul struck 4 aces . Samrej recorded 13 aces . Paul won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Samrej won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Paul	Samrej
Won	4	6
Converted	4/6	6/9
% Converted	67%	67%
Conceded	2	9
Saved	1	3
% Saved	50%	33%
Times Broken	1	6

The Swiss broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jakub lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Thai broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Thai conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
	Q1 Zhou	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	63-47	63-47
Total points	110	110
Winners	28	28
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/54	36/54
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	28/36	28/36
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Samrej
	Q1 Noguchi	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	92-95	92-95
Total points	187	187
Winners	41	41
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	62/101	62/101
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	41/62	41/62
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	13/39	13/39
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/9	6/9
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	3/9	3
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	6	6

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