Enzo Couacaud and Yusuke Takahashi will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Noumea Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on COURT N’GODRELA. 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 Enzo Couacaud who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Enzo Couacaud is the pick to win this match.
Enzo Couacaud -> 1.26
Yusuke Takahashi -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Enzo Couacaud vs. Yusuke Takahashi

This will be the 2^nd time that Enzo Couacaud and Yusuke Takahashi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Couacaud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Couacaud won 6-3 6-2 in the final in Indonesia F5 back in 2016.

Enzo Couacaud

Ranked no. 206, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Kiranpal Pannu 4-6 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Pannu, Enzo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Couacaud scored 94 points vs Pannu’s 80. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Couacaud submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Enzo Couacaud lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Couacaud put 56% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Pannu 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Couacaud has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (277-192). 8-6 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Couacaud has a compiled 149-68 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Florianopolis Challenger where he defeated Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 3-6 6-4 7-6(1).

Couacaud has a composed 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Noumea Challenger

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 530, the Japanese reached the 2^nd round after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Takahashi had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 6-0). During the match Takahashi scored 62 points vs Mannarino’s 39. Takahashi was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Takahashi struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yusuke Takahashi was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Mannarino 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

The Japanese has an aggregate 31-28 win-loss record in 2024, 25-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Couacaud	Takahashi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	15
Pts	94-80	62-39
Total Points	174	101
Winners	38	23
%Winners	40%	37%

Both Couacaud and Takahashi played 1 match. At the moment, Enzo Couacaud conceded 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Couacaud has played 1 set more than Takahashi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Couacaud played 12 games more than Takahashi. Couacaud scored 38 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Takahashi managed to score 23 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Couacaud	Takahashi
Aces	20	2
Avg per match	20	2
1st in	48/85	32/48
%1st in	56%	67%
1st pts	38/48	23/32
%1st pts	79%	72%
2nd pts	17/37	11/16
%2nd pts	46%	69%

Couacaud made 20 aces . Takahashi fired 2 aces . Couacaud won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Couacaud	Takahashi
Won	5	4
Converted	5/11	4/11
% Converted	45%	36%
Conceded	9	1
Saved	7	1
% Saved	78%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Enzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Couacaud conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Yusuke was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Couacaud
	R1 Pannu	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	94-80	94-80
Total points	174	174
Winners	38	38
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	20	20
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	48/85	48/85
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	38/48	38/48
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	17/37	17/37
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Takahashi
	R1 Mannarino	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	62-39	62-39
Total points	101	101
Winners	23	23
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/48	32/48
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	23/32	23/32
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Noumea Challenger

• Ryotaro TaguchiTaguchi – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Elmer MollerMoller (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Charlie CamusCamus – Kosuke OguraOgura (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Francisco CabralCabral (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Keisuke SaitohSaitoh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Blake BayldonBayldon (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-7⁴ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – Liam BrangerBranger (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Shinji HazawaHazawa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Kiranpal PannuPannu (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-7(4) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Blake BayldonBayldon (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Charlie CamusCamus – Kosuke OguraOgura (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Benoit PairePaire – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction