Valentin Vacherot and Ryotaro Taguchi 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 2:30 pm on COURT MORAULT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.22
Ryotaro Taguchi -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Ryotaro Taguchi
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Ryotaro Taguchi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Valentin reached the 2nd round after beating Shinji Hazawa 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Monegasque had a good straight sets win against Hazawa (6-3 6-4). During the match, Vacherot scored 66 points vs Hazawa’s 49. Vacherot was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vacherot managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin broke Hazawa 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Vacherot has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (230-118). 19-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vacherot has a compiled106-38 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he overcame Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret. and the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he beat Manuel Guinard in the final 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5).
Vacherot has a composed 34-13 win-loss record in 2024, 19-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Noumea Challenger
Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryotaro Taguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-21 | 39-19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-18 | 39-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ryotaro had a good straight sets win against Daniel Vallejo (6-3 6-4). During the match Taguchi scored 71 points vs Daniel Vallejo’s 63. Taguchi was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Taguchi bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ryotaro Taguchi lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Taguchi put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Ryotaro broke Daniel Vallejo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Taguchi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Hinode,Tokyo,M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin,M25 Taipei and M25 Huzhou.
Taguchi has a composed 41-21 win-loss record in 2024, 39-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
| Pts | 66-49 | 71-63 |
| Total Points | 115 | 134 |
| Winners | 32 | 27 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Vacherot and Taguchi played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vacherot and Taguchi have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Vacherot scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Ryotaro managed to score 27 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 44/74 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 27/44 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Vacherot scored 11 aces . Taguchi fired 3 aces . Vacherot won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Taguchi won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 75% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Vacherot broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Monegasque dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Taguchi conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vacherot | |||
| R1 Hazawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Taguchi | |||
| R1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-63 | 71-63 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
LWW
LWLW Tennis Scores in Noumea Challenger
- 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
- 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
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Kiranpal PannuPannu (4-6 6-4 6-1) – 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
- 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
