Zachary Svajda and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.571
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 2nd time that Zachary Svajda and Yosuke Watanuki clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Svajda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Svajda won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in the Newport Challenger back in July 2025.
Zachary Svajda
23 - 17win/loss
143
102
WLWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-19 | 15-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 14-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-35 | 27-21 | 2-4 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, the American got to the qualifications after beating Bernard Tomic 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, Zachary had a good straight sets win against Tomic (7-5 6-1). During the match, Svajda scored 66 points vs Tomic’s 46. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svajda struck 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zachary Svajda lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 58% of his first serves in, winning 88% (28/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Tomic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Svajda has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (182-139). 7-11 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svajda has an overall128-83 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Newport Challenger where he overcame Adrian Mannarino in the final 7-5 6-3.
Zachary has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2025, 7-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Yosuke Watanuki
23 - 16win/loss
148
72
LLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-19 | 17-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7-5 | 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. 162, Watanuki reached the qualifications after beating Jake Fellows 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Fellows (6-4 6-4). During the match Watanuki scored 67 points vs Fellows’s 55. Watanuki was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki made 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Fellows twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Watanuki has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svajda | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-46 | 67-55 |
| Total Points | 112 | 122 |
| Winners | 28 | 21 |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% |
Both Svajda and Watanuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Svajda and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Svajda played 1 game less than Watanuki. The American scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke made 21 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svajda | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 6 |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 25/58 |
| %1st in | 58% | 43% |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 21/25 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 22/33 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 67% |
Svajda recorded 14 aces . Watanuki blasted 6 aces . Svajda won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svajda | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 57% | 20% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Zachary conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yousuke broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Watanuki was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Svajda | |||
| Q1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| Q1 Fellows |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 67-55 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/58 | 25/58 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 21/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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