Christoph Negritu and Ryuki Matsuda will square off 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 CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christoph Negritu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christoph Negritu is the pick to win this match.
Christoph Negritu -> 1.56
Ryuki Matsuda -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Christoph Negritu vs. Ryuki Matsuda
There is no head to head record between Christoph Negritu and Ryuki Matsuda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Christoph Negritu
40 - 25win/loss
409
401
WWLWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-25 | 16-13 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 29-17 | 8-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-19 | 18-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-19 | 19-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, Negritu reached the qualifications after defeating Shinji Hazawa 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Hazawa (7-5 6-3). During the match, Negritu scored 79 points vs Hazawa’s 62. Christoph was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Negritu managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christoph Negritu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Negritu put 57% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Negritu broke Hazawa 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Negritu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (213-154). 15-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Negritu has an aggregate99-67 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Negritu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.
The German has an aggregate 40-25 win-loss record in 2024, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryuki Matsuda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-33 | 37-32 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-36 | 35-28 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 44-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-3 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511 (career-high), Ryuki got to the qualifications after defeating Yuta Kawahashi 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Matsuda had a good straight sets win against Kawahashi (6-4 6-0). During the match Matsuda scored 64 points vs Kawahashi’s 41. Ryuki was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Matsuda scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ryuki Matsuda was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Kawahashi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Matsuda’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Harmon.
Matsuda has an aggregate 37-32 win-loss record in 2024, 37-31 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Negritu | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 79-62 | 64-41 |
| Total Points | 141 | 105 |
| Winners | 25 | 20 |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% |
Both Negritu and Matsuda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Negritu and Matsuda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Negritu played 5 games more than Matsuda. Negritu scored 25 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Matsuda blasted 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Negritu | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 28/51 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 20/28 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 70% |
Negritu struck 5 aces . Matsuda scored 1 ace . Negritu won 64% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Matsuda won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Negritu | Matsuda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Negritu broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Negritu dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Ryuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ryuki was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Negritu | |||
| Q1 Hazawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-62 | 79-62 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 39/68 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Matsuda | |||
| Q1 Kawahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-41 | 64-41 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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