Rei Sakamoto and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rei Sakamoto who should win in 2 sets.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.36
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
There is no head to head record between Rei Sakamoto and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rei Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-26 | 27-16 | 3-3 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412 (career-high), Sakamoto reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Cukierman 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Cukierman, Sakamoto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Sakamoto scored 95 points vs Cukierman’s 89. Rei was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakamoto bagged 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 52% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Cukierman 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Sakamoto has a weak match record in the last 3 years having won 49% of his matches (32-33). 12-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sakamoto has a compiled18-18 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Yokkaichi Challenger where he overcame Christoph Negritu in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.
The Japanese has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Sakamoto has never competed in this tournament before.
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 24-27 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-28 | 31-25 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-28 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-9 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 644, Wei Kang Leong reached the qualifications after beating Masamichi Imamura 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Wei Kang Leong had a good straight sets win against Imamura (6-3 6-4). During the match Wei Kang Leong scored 68 points vs Imamura’s 53. Mitsuki was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Wei Kang Leong scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Wei Kang Leong put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Mitsuki broke Imamura 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The Malaysian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Mitsuki has a compiled 34-28 win-loss record in 2024, 31-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 |
| Pts | 95-89 | 68-53 |
| Total Points | 184 | 121 |
| Winners | 36 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Both Sakamoto and Wei Kang Leong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rei Sakamoto surrendered 1 set while Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sakamoto has played 1 set more than Wei Kang Leong (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sakamoto played 9 games more than Wei Kang Leong. The Japanese scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Wei Kang Leong struck 28 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/87 | 41/59 |
| %1st in | 52% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 28/41 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 7/18 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 39% |
Sakamoto struck 16 aces . Wei Kang Leong recorded 6 aces . Sakamoto won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Wei Kang Leong won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakamoto | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mitsuki broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Mitsuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakamoto | |||
| Q1 Cukierman | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-89 | 95-89 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/87 | 45/87 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Wei Kang Leong | |||
| Q1 Imamura | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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