Rio Noguchi and Justin Engel will square off in the 1st round of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rio Noguchi is the pick to win this match.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.49
Justin Engel -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Justin Engel
There is no head to head record between Rio Noguchi and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 238, Rio will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he played his last match in the Pune Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Jacquet in the 1st round on the 18th of February.
The Japanese has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he overcame Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Noguchi has an overall 339-233 record. He has a positive 234-145 record on hard.
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Justin Engel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 354, Justin will start his run in the Bengaluru Challenger after he played his last match in the Pune Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-2 to Geerts in the qualifications on the 17th of February.
Justin has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Justin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Cadolzburg.
In terms of his career, Justin has an overall 61-44 record. He has a flat 5-5 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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