Marc Polmans and Yosuke Watanuki will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT C. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.37
Marc Polmans -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
24 - 27win/loss
321
116
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-28 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Polmans will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Sydney Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-2 to Shiraishi in the 2nd round on the 30th of October.
The Australian has a composed 24-27 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Cairns.
Talking about his overall career, Polmans has an overall 340-271 record. He has a negative 12-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
9 - 10win/loss
375
72
LWWLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-3 4-6 6-3 to Bolt in the semifinal on the 9th of November.
Yousuke has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Watanuki’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger.
In terms of his career, Watanuki has an overall 228-146 record. He has a positive 53-23 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Li TuTu – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-64 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroSho – Chak Lam Coleman WongChak (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Alex BoltBolt (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
