Pedro Sakamoto and Kiranpal Pannu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Mexico City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Pedro Sakamoto who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sakamoto -> 1.39
Kiranpal Pannu -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sakamoto vs. Kiranpal Pannu
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sakamoto and Kiranpal Pannu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-30 | 7-3 | 28-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 360, the Brazilian reached the qualifications after beating Guillermo Tunas 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Tunas (6-1 6-2). During the match, Sakamoto scored 58 points vs Tunas’s 29. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakamoto bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pedro Sakamoto was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (13/17) of his 1st serve and 90% (19/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakamoto broke Tunas 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Sakamoto has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (283-205). 8-6 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakamoto has a composed 264-189 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Pedro’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Yerba Buena.
Sakamoto has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mexico City Challenger
Kiranpal Pannu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 23-18 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-15 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-25 | 20-8 | 17-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 497, Pannu got to the qualifications after defeating Max Wiskandt 4-6 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications against Wiskandt, Pannu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Pannu scored 89 points vs Wiskandt’s 64. The Kiwi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Pannu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kiranpal Pannu was very efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Pannu broke Wiskandt 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Pannu’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Huamantla.
Pannu has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 24 |
| Pts | 58-29 | 89-64 |
| Total Points | 87 | 153 |
| Winners | 13 | 27 |
| %Winners | 22% | 30% |
Both Sakamoto and Pannu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kiranpal Pannu conceded 1 set while Pedro Sakamoto hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sakamoto has played 1 set(s) less than Pannu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sakamoto played 9 games less than Pannu. Pedro scored 13 winners (22% of the total points). On the other side, Kiranpal made 27 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 17/38 | 33/65 |
| %1st in | 45% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 19/21 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 90% | 56% |
Sakamoto managed to score 9 aces . Pannu fired 4 aces . Sakamoto won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 90% of the points. On the other side, Pannu won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sakamoto | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Sakamoto broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pedro had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Pannu broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pannu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakamoto | |||
| Q1 Tunas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-29 | 58-29 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/21 | 19/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 90% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pannu | |||
| Q1 Wiskandt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 89-64 | 89-64 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 33/65 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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