Li Tu and Yosuke Watanuki will square off in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.56
Li Tu -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-17 | 9-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 164 (career-high), Li will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Grenier in the 1st round on the 23rd of April.
Li has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Tu has an overall 181-103 record. He has a positive 137-70 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-13 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 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, Watanuki will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Kachmazov in the semifinal on the 26th of April.
Yousuke has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Watanuki’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
In terms of his career, Watanuki has an overall 242-155 record. He has a positive 152-88 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
