Rei Sakamoto and Naoki Nakagawa will play each other in the 1st round of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Rei Sakamoto who should win in 2 sets.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.25
Naoki Nakagawa -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Naoki Nakagawa
This will be the 2nd time that Rei Sakamoto and Naoki Nakagawa play each other. The head to head is 1-0
for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.The last time that they locked horns, Sakamoto won 7-6(9) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2024.
Rei Sakamoto
22 - 13win/loss
176
174
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-26 | 27-16 | 3-3 | 4-7 | 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 |
Ranked no. 291, the Japanese will start his run in the Winnipeg Challenger after he won the title in the Cary Challenger after beating 6-1 6-4 Draxl in the final.
The Japanese has a composed 21-13 win-loss record in 2025, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cary Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 6-1 6-4.
Sakamoto won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Sakamoto has an overall 53-46 record. He has a positive 34-26 record on hard.
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Rei has never competed in this tournament before.
Naoki Nakagawa
8 - 12win/loss
653
327
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-22 | 15-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-16 | 13-12 | 1-1 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 16-16 | 10-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-15 | 32-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the Japanese will start his run in the Winnipeg Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Sell in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
The Japanese has a compiled 8-11 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Nakagawa’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Timaru.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 332-217 record. He has a positive 196-130 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger
- Andres MartinMartin – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Nicolas MejiaMejia (1-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yi ZhouZhou – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Karue SellSell – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian LangmoLangmo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Marek GengelGengel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Justin BoulaisBoulais – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction