Andre Ilagan and Yusuke Takahashi will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Andre Ilagan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andre Ilagan is the pick to win this match.
Andre Ilagan -> 1.56
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Andre Ilagan vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Andre Ilagan and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Andre Ilagan

Ranked no. 380, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Keisuke Saitoh 6-2 6-2, Filip Peliwo 6-1 6-1 and Adam Walton 6-4 4-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Walton, Andre had a free pass after Walton retired on a 6-4 4-1 . scoreline.

Ilagan has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (101-54). 17-12 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ilagan has an aggregate92-46 record in the last 4 years on hard.

The American has a composed 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 469, Yusuke got to the 2^nd round after defeating Pengyu Lu 6-2 6-1, Kasidit Samrej 7-6(5) 6-4 and Charles Chen 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Takahashi had a good straight sets win against Chen (6-2 6-3). During the match Takahashi scored 52 points vs Chen’s 37. Takahashi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Takahashi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yusuke Takahashi was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Chen 4 times.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has an overall 24-9 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ilagan	Takahashi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	45	55
Pts	167-110	195-146
Total Points	277	341
Winners	62	78
%Winners	37%	40%

Both Ilagan and Takahashi played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Ilagan has played 1 set more than Takahashi (7 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Ilagan played 10 games less than Takahashi. Ilagan scored 62 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 78 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ilagan	Takahashi
Aces	8	14
Avg per match	2.7	4.7
1st in	80/137	100/163
%1st in	58%	61%
1st pts	62/80	78/100
%1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	34/57	37/63
%2nd pts	60%	59%

Ilagan recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Takahashi struck 14 aces (4.7 per match). Ilagan won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ilagan	Takahashi
Won	12	10
Converted	12/25	10/22
% Converted	48%	45%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4	3
% Saved	80%	60%
Times Broken	1	2

Ilagan broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Ilagan surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Takahashi broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Takahashi conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Ilagan
	Q1 Saitoh	Q3 Peliwo	R1 Walton	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-1 6-1	6-4 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	14	15	45
pts	56-38	63-39	48-33	167-110
Total points	94	102	81	277
Winners	20	24	18	62
%Winners	36%	38%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	2	8
Double Faults	2	1	1	4
1st in	24/45	34/54	22/38	80/137
% 1st in	53%	63%	58%	58%
1st pts	20/24	24/34	18/22	62/80
% 1st pts	83%	71%	82%	78%
2nd pts	13/21	11/20	10/16	34/57
% 2nd pts	62%	55%	63%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	12
Converted	4/8	5/9	3/8	12/25
Converted %	50%	56%	38%	48%
Conceded	1	3	1	5
Saved	1/1	3/3	0/1	4
Saved %	100%	100%	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Takahashi
	Q1 Lu	Q3 Samrej	R1 Chen	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	7-65 6-4	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	23	17	55
pts	58-34	85-75	52-37	195-146
Total points	92	160	89	341
Winners	23	33	22	78
%Winners	40%	39%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	9	1	14
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	28/42	44/73	28/48	100/163
% 1st in	67%	60%	58%	61%
1st pts	23/28	33/44	22/28	78/100
% 1st pts	82%	75%	79%	78%
2nd pts	9/14	16/29	12/20	37/63
% 2nd pts	64%	55%	60%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	10
Converted	4/8	2/10	4/4	10/22
Converted %	50%	20%	100%	45%
Conceded	0	2	3	5
Saved	0/0	1/2	2/3	3
Saved %	–	50%	67%	39%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

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• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Zhe LiLi (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Constant LestienneLestienne – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jie CuiCui – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andre IlaganIlagan – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction