Colton Smith and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court18. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colton Smith who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.63
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. Yosuke Watanuki

This will be the 2^nd time that Colton Smith and Yosuke Watanuki play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Smith (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Smith won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the Nottingham 2 Challenger back in June 2025.

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 135 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-1). During the match, Smith scored 59 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 38. Colton was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Smith made 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Colton Smith was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Colton broke Rodriguez Taverna 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Smith has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 72% of his matches (62-24). 9-4 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Smith has an overall9-4 match record in the last 4 years on grass.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

The American has an aggregate 23-9 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 179, Yousuke got to the qualifications after defeating Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-6(9) 6-6 ret..

In the qualifications against Moura Monteiro, Watanuki had a free pass after Moura Monteiro retired on a 7-6⁹ 6-6 . scoreline.

The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.

The Japanese has an overall 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Smith	Watanuki
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	25
Pts	59-38	82-74
Total Points	97	156
Winners	23	30
%Winners	39%	37%

Both Smith and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Watanuki (2 vs 3). Therefore, Smith played 8 games less than Watanuki. The American scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke managed to score 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Smith	Watanuki
Aces	5	16
Avg per match	5	16
1st in	29/47	35/76
%1st in	62%	46%
1st pts	23/29	30/35
%1st pts	79%	86%
2nd pts	10/18	24/41
%2nd pts	56%	59%

Smith bagged 5 aces . Watanuki recorded 16 aces . Smith won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 86% of the points on 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	Smith	Watanuki
Won	5	2
Converted	5/6	2/4
% Converted	83%	50%
Conceded	2	4
Saved	1	2
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

Colton broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Smith dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Smith
	Q1 Rodriguez	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	59-38	59-38
Total points	97	97
Winners	23	23
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	29/47	29/47
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	23/29	23/29
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Watanuki
	Q1 Moura Monteiro	Total
Score	7-69 6-6 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	82-74	82-74
Total points	156	156
Winners	30	30
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	35/76	35/76
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	30/35	30/35
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	24/41	24/41
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores – Wimbledon

• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Aziz DougazDougaz (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Oliver TarvetTarvet – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – James StoryStory (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Titouan DroguetDroguet – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Daniel RinconRincon (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Cristian Garin
  Garin – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-6⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Murphy CassoneCassone (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Alastair GrayGray (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Pavel KotovKotov (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-3 0-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Omar JasikaJasika (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Edas ButvilasButvilas (7-6⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Liam DraxlDraxl (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Sumit Nagal
  Nagal (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Mark LajalLajal – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-6⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-6⁶ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-7⁴ 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Giles HusseyHussey (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Jerome KymKym (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Yan BaiBai (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Murkel DellienDellien (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-6⁴ 6-7⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hamish StewartStewart – Valentin VacherotVacherot (4-6 5-6 ret.) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-1 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Chris RodeschRodesch – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-2 6-7¹¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-6⁹ 6-6 ret.) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Oliver BondingBonding – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-5 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-7² 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Facundo MenaMena (7-5 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Li TuTu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio NavaNava – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lukas KleinKlein (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction