Clement Chidekh and Rei Sakamoto will square off in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT B. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clement Chidekh who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Clement Chidekh is the pick to win this match.
Clement Chidekh -> 1.56
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Clement Chidekh vs. Rei Sakamoto

There is no head to head record between Clement Chidekh and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Clement Chidekh

Clement Chidekh

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
249
High
184
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-35 31-15 0-2 15-18 0-0 0-0
2024 64-26 17-7 7-6 39-11 1-2 0-0
2023 35-17 11-9 0-0 24-8 0-0 0-0
2022 11-9 9-5 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-1
2021 26-5 23-4 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 189 (career-high), Clement got to the 2nd round after defeating Oleg Prihodko 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Clement had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (6-3 6-2). During the match, Chidekh scored 70 points vs Prihodko’s 55. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Chidekh managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 61% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Clement broke Prihodko 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Chidekh has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 69% of his matches (147-67). 17-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Chidekh has an overall67-28 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Paul Jubb in the final 0-6 6-4 6-1.

The French player has an aggregate 64-26 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger

Chidekh has never competed in this tournament before.

Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Chidekh's Record

Rei Sakamoto

Rei Sakamoto

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
159
High
159
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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
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Ranked no. 413, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Cukierman 3-6 6-3 6-4, Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-2 6-3 and Marat Sharipov 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Sharipov (7-63 2-6 6-4).During the match Sakamoto scored less points (2) than Sharipov. In fact, the world no. 189 won 89 points vs Sharipov’s. That means that Sakamoto was more focused during the important points. Rei was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Sakamoto blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (43/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Sharipov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Yokkaichi Challenger where he defeated Christoph Negritu in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.

The Japanese has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Sakamoto's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Chidekh
R.Sakamoto
1h:22
1h:22
Time on court​
!
5h:44
5h:44
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
!
2h:14
2h:14
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
76
76
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
70
70
Total points​
248
248
70
70
Avg point​
82.7
82.7
26
26
Winners
106
106
26
26
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
37%
37%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
40
40
3
3
Avg Aces
!
13.3
13.3
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
26/33
26/33
1st won total​
106/138
106/138
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
9/21
9/21
2nd won total​
47/96
47/96
43%
43%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
11/24
11/24
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
3.7/8
3.7/8
38%
38%
Won
46%
46%
4
4
Conceded
17
17
4
4
Avg Conceded
5.7
5.7
1
1
Broken
7
7
1
1
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
3
3
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Chidekh Sakamoto
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 17 76
Pts 70-55 248-224
Total Points 125 472
Winners 26 106
%Winners 37% 43%

Chidekh played 1 match while Sakamoto competed in 3 matches. Sakamoto started his run from the qualifications while Chidekh had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rei Sakamoto dropped 2 sets while Clement Chidekh hasn’t dropped a set so far. Chidekh has played 6 set(s) less than Sakamoto (2 vs 8). Therefore, Chidekh played 59 games less than Sakamoto. The French player scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Rei made 106 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Chidekh Sakamoto
Aces 3 40
Avg per match 3 13.3
1st in 33/54 138/234
%1st in 61% 59%
1st pts 26/33 106/138
%1st pts 79% 77%
2nd pts 9/21 47/96
%2nd pts 43% 49%

Chidekh bagged 3 aces . Sakamoto managed to score 40 aces (13.3 per match). Chidekh won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Chidekh Sakamoto
Won 5 11
Converted 5/13 11/24
% Converted 38% 46%
Conceded 4 17
Saved 3 10
% Saved 75% 59%
Times Broken 1 7

The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Chidekh lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Rei conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Chidekh
R1
Prihodko		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 70-55 70-55
Total points 125 125
Winners 26 26
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 33/54 33/54
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 26/33 26/33
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 9/21 9/21
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Sakamoto
Q1
Cukierman		 Q3
Wei Kang Leong		 R1
Sharipov		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-3 7-63 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 28 17 31 76
pts 95-89 64-44 89-91 248-224
Total points 184 108 180 472
Winners 36 27 43 106
%Winners 38% 42% 48% 43%
SERVE
Aces 16 11 13 40
Double Faults 1 1 2 4
1st in 45/87 36/58 57/89 138/234
% 1st in 52% 62% 64% 59%
1st pts 36/45 27/36 43/57 106/138
% 1st pts 80% 75% 75% 77%
2nd pts 21/42 11/22 15/32 47/96
% 2nd pts 50% 50% 47% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 5 3 11
Converted 3/8 5/9 3/7 11/24
Converted % 38% 56% 43% 46%
Conceded 5 3 9 17
Saved 3/5 2/3 5/9 10
Saved % 60% 67% 56% 183%
Times Broken 2 1 4 7

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 1 Challenger

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