Naoya Honda and Jakub Paul will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.38
Naoya Honda -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Naoya Honda vs. Jakub Paul

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

Naoya Honda

Currently unranked, Honda got to the qualifications after beating Kokoro Isomura 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5.

In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Isomura (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5). During the match, Honda scored 113 points vs Isomura’s 109. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Honda blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Naoya Honda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Honda put 55% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (21/49) on the 2nd serve. Honda broke Isomura 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Honda has won exactly 50% of his matches (12-12) in the last 2 years. 5-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Honda has a compiled12-11 match record in the last 2 years on hard.

The Japanese has an overall 5-10 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Naoya has never competed in this tournament before.

Jakub Paul

Ranked no. 378 (career-high), Jakub reached the qualifications after defeating Ryotaro Taguchi 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Taguchi (6-2 6-3). During the match Paul scored 59 points vs Taguchi’s 40. Jakub was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Paul fired 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jakub Paul lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Paul broke Taguchi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Sarajevo and M25 Sion.

Jakub has a composed 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Honda	Paul
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	35	17
Pts	113-109	59-40
Total Points	222	99
Winners	47	28
%Winners	42%	47%

Both Honda and Paul played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Naoya Honda dropped 1 set while Jakub Paul hasn’t conceded a set so far. Honda has played 1 set more than Paul (3 vs 2). Therefore, Honda played 18 games more than Paul. Honda scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss managed to score 28 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Honda	Paul
Aces	8	2
Avg per match	8	2
1st in	60/109	40/57
%1st in	55%	70%
1st pts	47/60	28/40
%1st pts	78%	70%
2nd pts	21/49	7/17
%2nd pts	43%	41%

Honda made 8 aces . Paul fired 2 aces . Honda won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 70% of the points on 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	Honda	Paul
Won	4	5
Converted	4/12	5/8
% Converted	33%	63%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	5	3
% Saved	56%	60%
Times Broken	4	2

Honda broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Naoya conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Jakub broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Honda
	Q1 Isomura	Total
Score	7-65 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	113-109	113-109
Total points	222	222
Winners	47	47
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	60/109	60/109
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	47/60	47/60
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	21/49	21/49
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	5/9	5
Saved %	56%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Paul
	Q1 Taguchi	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	59-40	59-40
Total points	99	99
Winners	28	28
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	40/57	40/57
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	28/40	28/40
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	7/17	7/17
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

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