Gijs Brouwer and Taisei Ichikawa will face off in the 2nd round of the Noumea Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT MORAULT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gijs Brouwer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.067
Taisei Ichikawa -> 7.3
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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Gijs Brouwer and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 14-12 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 176, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Brouwer had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Brouwer scored 61 points vs Tomic’s 45. Brouwer was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brouwer managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 84% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. Gijs broke Tomic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Brouwer has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (312-218). 14-12 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Brouwer has a composed99-61 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the St. Tropez Challenger where he defeated Lucas Pouille in the final 6-4 7-6(2).
The Dutch has an overall 31-27 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Noumea Challenger
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 718, Taisei reached the 2nd round after defeating Liam Branger 6-4 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Branger (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match Ichikawa scored 80 points vs Branger’s 74. Ichikawa was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Ichikawa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taisei Ichikawa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ichikawa put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Taisei broke Branger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ichikawa’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The Japanese has a composed 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brouwer | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 61-45 | 80-74 |
| Total Points | 106 | 154 |
| Winners | 33 | 28 |
| %Winners | 54% | 35% |
Both Brouwer and Ichikawa played 1 match. At the moment, Taisei Ichikawa surrendered 1 set while Gijs Brouwer hasn’t lost a set so far. Brouwer has played 1 set(s) less than Ichikawa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Brouwer played 9 games less than Ichikawa. The Dutch scored 33 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Taisei fired 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brouwer | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 47/56 | 40/74 |
| %1st in | 84% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Brouwer managed to score 7 aces . Ichikawa blasted 1 ace . Brouwer won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Ichikawa won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brouwer | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 80% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Brouwer broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ichikawa broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ichikawa conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Brouwer | |||
| R1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/56 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ichikawa | |||
| R1 Branger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 80-74 | 80-74 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/74 | 40/74 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLW
LWW Tennis Scores in Noumea Challenger
- 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
- 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
- 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
