Philip Henning and Takuya Kumasaka will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philip Henning who should win in 2 sets.
Philip Henning -> 1.3
Takuya Kumasaka -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Philip Henning vs. Takuya Kumasaka
There is no head to head record between Philip Henning and Takuya Kumasaka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Philip Henning
44 - 14win/loss
391
355
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-14 | 32-8 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-4 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 391, Henning reached the qualifications after beating Seiya Mizuno 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, The South African had a good straight sets win against Mizuno (6-1 6-0). During the match, Henning scored 49 points vs Mizuno’s 13. Henning was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Henning managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Philip Henning was extremely effective on serve to win 100% (18/18) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Philip was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mizuno 6 times.
Henning has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 74% of his matches (78-27). 32-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Henning has an overall61-17 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Philip’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Antalya,M25 Addis Ababa,M15 Hillcrest and M15 Yanagawa City.
Henning has an overall 44-14 win-loss record in 2024, 32-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Henning has never competed in this tournament before.
Takuya Kumasaka
31 - 21win/loss
478
476
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 29-18 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 18-12 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-14 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-8 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, Takuya reached the qualifications after defeating Thomas Fancutt 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Takuya had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (7-62 6-4). During the match Kumasaka scored 86 points vs Fancutt’s 72. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumasaka struck 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Takuya Kumasaka lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kumasaka put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Takuya broke Fancutt 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kumasaka’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sapporo.
Takuya has a composed 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 29-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Henning | Kumasaka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 |
| Pts | 49-13 | 86-72 |
| Total Points | 62 | 158 |
| Winners | 18 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Henning and Kumasaka played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Henning and Kumasaka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Henning played 10 games less than Kumasaka. Henning scored 18 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kumasaka bagged 32 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Henning | Kumasaka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 18/26 | 52/80 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 18/18 | 32/52 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 68% |
Henning recorded 4 aces . Kumasaka recorded 3 aces . Henning won 100% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Kumasaka won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Henning | Kumasaka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/6 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Philip broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The South African had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Takuya broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Henning | |||
| Q1 Mizuno | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 49-13 | 49-13 | |
| Total points | 62 | 62 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 18/18 | 18/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kumasaka | |||
| Q1 Fancutt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 86-72 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 52/80 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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