Andre Ilagan and Keisuke Saitoh will square off in the 1st round of the Brisbane 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 Andre Ilagan who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andre Ilagan is the pick to win this match.
Andre Ilagan -> 1.36
Keisuke Saitoh -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Andre Ilagan vs. Keisuke Saitoh

There is no head to head record between Andre Ilagan and Keisuke Saitoh since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Andre Ilagan

Andre Ilagan
Andre Ilagan

3 - 4win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
380
High
370
WWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-12 17-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 50-29 41-22 0-0 9-7 0-0 0-0
2023 19-6 19-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 15-7 15-6 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 410, Ilagan will start his run in the Brisbane 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brisbane 1 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Walton in the 1st round on the 27th of January.

The American has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Ilagan has an overall 87-46 record. He has a positive 78-38 record on hard.

Previously in the Brisbane 2 Challenger

Ilagan has never competed in this tournament before.

Brisbane 2 Challenger
Ilagan's Record

Keisuke Saitoh

Keisuke Saitoh

2 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
552
High
552
LLLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-10 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 44-23 38-16 6-6 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 17-27 14-23 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-21 23-17 4-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 35-19 20-9 15-10 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 604, the Japanese reached the 1st round after defeating Ty Host 6-2 6-4 and Thomas Braithwaite 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Keisuke had a good straight sets win against Braithwaite (6-4 6-4). During the match Saitoh scored 68 points vs Braithwaite’s 56. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Saitoh recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Keisuke Saitoh lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Saitoh put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Keisuke broke Braithwaite 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Keisuke has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Brisbane 2 Challenger
Saitoh's Record

Tennis Scores in Brisbane 2 Challenger

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