Petr Bar Biryukov and Yusuke Takahashi will play each other in the qualifications of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petr Bar Biryukov who should win in 3 sets.
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 1.52
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Petr Bar Biryukov vs. Yusuke Takahashi
There is no head to head record between Petr Bar Biryukov and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Petr Bar Biryukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-21 | 42-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-18 | 3-1 | 2-10 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 424, Petr got to the qualifications after defeating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Petr had a good straight sets win against Huang (6-4 6-3). During the match, Bar Biryukov scored 71 points vs Huang’s 57. Bar Biryukov was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bar Biryukov bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Petr Bar Biryukov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bar Biryukov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 26% (7/27) on the 2nd serve. Petr broke Huang 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Bar Biryukov has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (115-76). 42-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bar Biryukov has an overall85-44 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
Bar Biryukov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Kamenogorsk,M15 Tashkent,M25 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Russian has an overall 42-21 win-loss record in 2024, 42-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Petr has never competed in this tournament before.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-27 | 24-24 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 523, Takahashi reached the qualifications after beating Ryuki Tsutsumi 7-6(3) 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Tsutsumi (7-63 6-1). During the match Takahashi scored 76 points vs Tsutsumi’s 52. Yusuke was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yusuke Takahashi was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (36/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yusuke broke Tsutsumi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Takahashi has a composed 30-27 win-loss record in 2024, 24-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bar Biryukov | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 71-57 | 76-52 |
| Total Points | 128 | 128 |
| Winners | 28 | 36 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Bar Biryukov and Takahashi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bar Biryukov and Takahashi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bar Biryukov played 1 game less than Takahashi. The Russian scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi managed to score 36 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bar Biryukov | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 40/50 |
| %1st in | 56% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 36/40 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 7/27 | 6/10 |
| %2nd pts | 26% | 60% |
Bar Biryukov bagged 4 aces . Takahashi made 1 ace . Bar Biryukov won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 26% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bar Biryukov | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Bar Biryukov broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Petr surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Takahashi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bar Biryukov | |||
| Q1 Huang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/62 | 35/62 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/27 | 7/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 26% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Takahashi | |||
| Q1 Tsutsumi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-52 | 76-52 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/50 | 40/50 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 36/40 | 36/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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