Liam Branger and Taisei Ichikawa will square off in the 1st round of the Noumea Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT MORAULT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taisei Ichikawa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taisei Ichikawa is the pick to win this match.
Taisei Ichikawa -> 1.7
Liam Branger -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Liam Branger vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Liam Branger and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Liam Branger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the French player reached the 1st round after beating Adam Taylor 6-0 6-2 and Matthew Hulme 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hulme (6-3 6-4). During the match, Branger scored 60 points vs Hulme’s 46. Liam was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Branger struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Branger was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Hulme twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Branger has a winning win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 55% of his matches (22-18). 0-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Branger has an aggregate4-3 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Branger has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Noumea Challenger
Liam has never competed in this tournament before.
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 17-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-19 | 8-16 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 718, the Japanese will start his run in the Noumea Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Carrara where he lost 5-7 7-5 6-3 to Ochi in the 1st round on the 26th of November.
The Japanese has an aggregate 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ichikawa’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
In terms of his career, Ichikawa has an overall 106-106 record. He has a negative 80-82 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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