Rei Sakamoto and Antoine Ghibaudo will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Lexington Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rei Sakamoto who should win in 2 sets.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.29
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Antoine Ghibaudo
This will be the 2nd time that Rei Sakamoto and Antoine Ghibaudo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakamoto (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Sakamoto won 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2024.
Rei Sakamoto
22 - 15win/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. 205 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Lexington Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-4
to Spizzirri in the 1st round on the 22nd of July.Rei has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 54-48 record. He has a positive 35-28 record on hard.
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Antoine Ghibaudo
16 - 10win/loss
355
336
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-19 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 12-7 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-27 | 14-9 | 8-7 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 470, the French player will start his run in the Lexington Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Champaign where he lost 5-7 6-1 6-3
to Kuzuhara in the 2nd round on the 24th of July.Antoine has a composed 16-10 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion.
In terms of his career, Antoine has an overall 82-69 record. He has a positive 31-23 record on hard.
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