Gregoire Barrere and Rei Sakamoto will play each other in the semifinal of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT B. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gregoire Barrere who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gregoire Barrere is the pick to win this match.
Gregoire Barrere -> 1.727
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Gregoire Barrere and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gregoire Barrere
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-32 | 1-4 | 16-12 | 11-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-31 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 17-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 10-7 | 8-10 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 7-4 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Gregoire got to the semifinal after defeating Federico Arnaboldi 6-4 7-6(3), Dalibor Svrcina 7-5 7-6(5) and Khumoun Sultanov 7-6(5) 6-1.
In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (7-65 6-1). During the match, Barrere scored 74 points vs Sultanov’s 60. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Barrere struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gregoire Barrere lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Barrere put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Gregoire broke Sultanov 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gregoire hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Barrere has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (313-240). 3-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Barrere has an overall 49-49 record in the last years on hard.
Barrere has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Gregoire has never competed in this tournament before.
Rei Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 413, Rei reached the semifinal after beating Daniel Cukierman 3-6 6-3 6-4, Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-2 6-3, Marat Sharipov 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4, Clement Chidekh 6-3 6-0 and Gianluca Mager 4-1 ret..
In the quarter against Mager, Sakamoto had a free pass after Mager retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
The Japanese has a composed 5-0 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrere | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 96 |
| Pts | 247-218 | 323-264 |
| Total Points | 465 | 587 |
| Winners | 95 | 134 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Barrere played 3 matches while Sakamoto competed in 5 matches. Sakamoto started his run from the qualifications while Barrere had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rei Sakamoto surrendered 2 sets while Gregoire Barrere hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Barrere has played 6 set(s) less than Sakamoto (6 vs 12). Therefore, Barrere played 28 games less than Sakamoto. The French player scored 95 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 134 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrere | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 51 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 10.2 |
| 1st in | 143/225 | 172/299 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 95/143 | 134/172 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 48/82 | 67/127 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Barrere scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Sakamoto fired 51 aces (10.2 per match). Barrere won 66% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrere | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 16 |
| Converted | 10/26 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 38% | 55% |
| Conceded | 16 | 19 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 63% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Barrere surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Barrere | |||||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
R2 Svrcina |
1/4 Sultanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 7-5 7-65 | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 20 | 68 | |
| pts | 77-72 | 96-86 | 74-60 | 247-218 | |
| Total points | 149 | 182 | 134 | 465 | |
| Winners | 27 | 38 | 30 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 55/80 | 45/69 | 143/225 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 69% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 38/55 | 30/45 | 95/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 69% | 67% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 16/25 | 15/24 | 48/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 64% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 3/10 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 30% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 67% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Sakamoto | |||||||
| Q1 Cukierman |
Q3 Wei Kang Leong |
R1 Sharipov |
R2 Chidekh |
1/4 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-63 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 96 | |
| pts | 95-89 | 64-44 | 89-91 | 56-29 | 19-11 | 323-264 | |
| Total points | 184 | 108 | 180 | 85 | 30 | 587 | |
| Winners | 36 | 27 | 43 | 21 | 7 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 48% | 38% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 16 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 51 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/87 | 36/58 | 57/89 | 26/50 | 8/15 | 172/299 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 64% | 52% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 27/36 | 43/57 | 21/26 | 7/8 | 134/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 75% | 75% | 81% | 88% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 11/22 | 15/32 | 15/24 | 5/7 | 67/127 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 47% | 63% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 3/7 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 43% | 100% | 100% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/3 | 5/9 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 67% | 56% | 100% | – | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWW Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Gianluca MagerMager (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Gianluca MagerMager (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-2) – H2H and prediction
