Yosuke Watanuki and Yi Zhou will face off in the 1st round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.285
Yi Zhou -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Yi Zhou
This will be the 2nd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Yi Zhou square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Watanuki won 5-7 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2024.
Yosuke Watanuki
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 14-10 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 Wuxi Challenger after he played his last match in the Guangzhou Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(6) to Simakin in the 2nd round on the 30th of April.
The Japanese has a composed 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 243-156 record. He has a positive 153-89 record on hard.
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Yi Zhou
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 4-10 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 369, Yi will start his run in the Wuxi Challenger after he played his last match in the Guangzhou Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4
to Cui in the 1st round on the 29th of April.The Chinese has a compiled 4-9 win-loss record in 2025, 4-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Zhou has an overall 44-52 record. He has a negative 43-45 record on hard.
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
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