Tristan Schoolkate and Rei Sakamoto will square off in the 1^st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.52
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. Rei Sakamoto

There is no head to head record between Tristan Schoolkate and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tristan Schoolkate

15 - 11win/loss

Hard

15-11

I Hard

0-0

Rank
129

High
119

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	22-13	22-13	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2024	44-33	38-24	0-2	0-2	6-5	0-0
2023	44-30	30-23	4-4	2-2	8-1	0-0
2022	48-29	24-15	17-11	0-0	7-3	0-0
2021	24-20	8-9	3-5	11-5	0-0	2-1

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Ranked no. 120, Schoolkate will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Campana in the 1^st round on the 15^th of April.

Schoolkate has a compiled 15-11 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Brisbane 1 Challenger where he overcame Marek Gengel in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4).

Talking about his overall career, Tristan has an overall 185-132 record. He has a positive 125-90 record on hard.

Previously in the Gwangju Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history

Gwangju Challenger

Schoolkate's Record

Rei Sakamoto

13 - 9win/loss

Hard

11-7

I Hard

2-2

Rank
282

High
278

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	13-10	11-8	0-0	2-2	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

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Ranked no. 282, Rei will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4

to Murray Kubler in the 1^st round on the 15^th of April.

The Japanese has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Sakamoto’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.

In terms of his career, Rei has an overall 45-42 record. He has a positive 29-25 record on hard.

Gwangju Challenger

Sakamoto's Record

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