Terence Atmane and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the 2^nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.61
Terence Atmane -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Terence Atmane vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Terence Atmane and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Terence Atmane

Ranked no. 157, Terence got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ryuki Matsuda 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round, Terence had a good straight sets win against Matsuda (7-6³ 7-6⁵). During the match, Atmane scored 91 points vs Matsuda’s 84. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Atmane managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Terence Atmane was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Atmane has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (204-122). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Atmane has an aggregate8-9 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Terence’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Granby Challenger.

The French player has a composed 39-31 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 266, Watanuki reached the 2^nd round after defeating Marc Polmans 7-5 ret.

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In the 1^st round against Polmans, the Japanese had a free pass after Polmans retired on a 7-5 . scoreline.

Yousuke’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger.

Watanuki has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Atmane	Watanuki
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	12
Pts	91-84	41-37
Total Points	175	78
Winners	40	15
%Winners	44%	37%

Both Atmane and Watanuki played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Atmane and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Atmane played 14 games more than Watanuki. Terence scored 40 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke fired 15 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Atmane	Watanuki
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	7
1st in	56/88	17/39
%1st in	64%	44%
1st pts	40/56	15/17
%1st pts	71%	88%
2nd pts	22/32	9/22
%2nd pts	69%	41%

Atmane blasted 5 aces . Watanuki made 7 aces . Atmane won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Atmane	Watanuki
Won	0	2
Converted	0/2	2/4
% Converted	0%	50%
Conceded	6	1
Saved	6	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

Terence hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Atmane very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points without even conceding a single break point. Yousuke broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Atmane
	R1 Matsuda	Total
Score	7-63 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	91-84	91-84
Total points	175	175
Winners	40	40
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	56/88	56/88
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	40/56	40/56
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	22/32	22/32
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/2	0/2
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Watanuki
	R1 Polmans	Total
Score	7-5 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	12	12
pts	41-37	41-37
Total points	78	78
Winners	15	15
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	17/39	17/39
% 1st in	44%	44%
1st pts	15/17	15/17
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	9/22	9/22
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-6³ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Li TuTu (4-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taro DanielDaniel – Matej DodigDodig (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-6³ 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Benjamin HassanHassan – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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