Yosuke Watanuki and Alex Bolt will square off in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.32
Alex Bolt -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Alex Bolt
This will be the 4th time that Yosuke Watanuki and Alex Bolt fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bolt won 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2024.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, the Japanese will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 to Diallo in the qualifications on the 17th of March.
The Japanese has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Yousuke has an overall 239-153 record. He has a positive 149-86 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-22 | 25-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, Bolt will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the San Diego Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 1-1 ret.
to Majchrzak in the quarter on the 28th of February.Bolt has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 343-305 record. He has a positive 214-169 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015 and 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Brandon HoltHolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alex BoltBolt (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sanhui ShinShin – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction