James Watt and Kaito Uesugi will square off in the qualifications of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on Court 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Watt who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Watt is the pick to win this match.
James Watt -> 1.45
Kaito Uesugi -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head James Watt vs. Kaito Uesugi

There is no head to head record between James Watt and Kaito Uesugi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

James Watt

Ranked no. 580 (career-high), James reached the qualifications after beating Seita Watanabe 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Kiwi had a good straight sets win against Watanabe (6-3 6-4). During the match, Watt scored 69 points vs Watanabe’s 56. Watt was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watt struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Watt conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Watt put 62% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Kiwi broke Watanabe twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Watt has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (56-51). 7-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watt has a composed39-42 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

The Kiwi has an aggregate 14-16 win-loss record in 2025, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Kaito Uesugi

Ranked no. 897, Uesugi got to the qualifications after defeating Jake Delaney w/o

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In the qualifications, Uesugi defeated Delaney (w/o). During the match Uesugi and Delaney scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 580 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Uesugi was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Uesugi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kaito Uesugi conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

The Japanese has an overall 0-4 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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