Nuno Borges and Yosuke Watanuki will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.49
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, Borges will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in 1 where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Buse in the Rubber 4 on the 13^th of September.

The Portuguese has an aggregate 27-28 win-loss record in 2025, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and the Phoenix Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 310-161 record. He has a positive 149-64 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Borges has never competed in this tournament before.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 150, the Japanese will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Noguchi in the 1^st round on the 3^rd of September.

Yousuke has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2025, 17-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.

In terms of his career, Watanuki has an overall 255-167 record. He has a positive 158-95 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2018. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Sebastian BaezBaez (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction