Yosuke Watanuki and Rio Noguchi will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.44
Rio Noguchi -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Rio Noguchi

There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 148, Yousuke will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Garin in the qualifications on the 18^th of August.

Watanuki has an aggregate 25-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Watanuki’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Watanuki has an overall 255-166 record. He has a positive 158-94 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.

Rio Noguchi

Ranked no. 219, Noguchi will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 6-1 7-6(4) to Uchida in the 2^nd round on the 28^th of August.

Noguchi has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 31-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he overcame Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.

In terms of his career, Noguchi has an overall 360-249 record. He has a positive 255-161 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

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• Renta TokudaTokuda – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Omar JasikaJasika – Rigele TeTe (4-6 6-2 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-6 7-6⁵ 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fajing SunSun – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Filip PeliwoPeliwo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction