Yusuke Takahashi

and Kokoro Isomura will face off in the qualifications of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.49
Kokoro Isomura -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Kokoro Isomura

This will be the 2nd time that Yusuke Takahashi and Kokoro Isomura fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Isomura (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Isomura won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in M25 Sapporo back in 2022.

Yusuke Takahashi

Yusuke Takahashi

42 - 22win/loss

Hard
40-21
I Hard
2-1
Rank
427
High
238
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-26 40-24 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-0
2024 31-28 25-25 0-0 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 37-31 33-28 0-0 4-3 0-0 0-0
2022 17-22 17-21 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 19-23 18-21 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 440, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, Takahashi had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-1 7-65). During the match, Takahashi scored 74 points vs Ramanathan’s 51. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Takahashi fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yusuke Takahashi was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yusuke broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Takahashi has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (307-238). 40-21 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Takahashi has an aggregate 269-202 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has a compiled 42-22 win-loss record in 2025, 40-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Seoul Challenger
Takahashi's Record

Kokoro Isomura

Kokoro Isomura

32 - 26win/loss

Hard
30-25
I Hard
2-1
Rank
543
High
424
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-30 32-28 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 39-25 27-18 6-4 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 25-30 25-29 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 24-16 7-9 17-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 6-8 4-2 2-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 493, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Dong Ju Kim 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ju Kim (6-4 6-3). During the match Isomura scored 66 points vs Ju Kim’s 54. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Isomura was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Kokoro Isomura lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Isomura put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ju Kim 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Luan.

Isomura has an overall 32-26 win-loss record in 2025, 30-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Seoul Challenger
Isomura's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Takahashi
K.Isomura
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
1h:27
1h:27
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
20
20
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
74
74
Total points​
66
66
74
74
Avg point​
66
66
25
25
Winners
24
24
25
25
Avg Winners​
24
24
34%
34%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
6
6
Avg Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
25/33
25/33
1st won total​
24/36
24/36
!
76%
76%
1st won %
67%
67%
17/26
17/26
2nd won total​
8/21
8/21
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
6/9
6/9
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
6/9
6/9
!
60%
60%
Won
!
67%
67%
1
1
Conceded
3
3
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Takahashi Isomura
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 19
Pts 74-51 66-54
Total Points 125 120
Winners 25 24
%Winners 34% 36%

Both Takahashi and Isomura played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Takahashi and Isomura have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Takahashi played 1 game more than Isomura. The Japanese scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 24 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Takahashi Isomura
Aces 6 0
Avg per match 6 0
1st in 33/59 36/57
%1st in 56% 63%
1st pts 25/33 24/36
%1st pts 76% 67%
2nd pts 17/26 8/21
%2nd pts 65% 38%

Takahashi blasted 6 aces . Isomura didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Takahashi won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Isomura won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Takahashi Isomura
Won 3 6
Converted 3/5 6/9
% Converted 60% 67%
Conceded 1 3
Saved 0 0
% Saved 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 3

Yusuke broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Takahashi
Q1
Ramanathan
Total
Score 6-1 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 74-51 74-51
Total points 125 125
Winners 25 25
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/59 33/59
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 25/33 25/33
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 17/26 17/26
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/5 3/5
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Isomura
Q1
Ju
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 66-54 66-54
Total points 120 120
Winners 24 24
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 36/57 36/57
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 24/36 24/36
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 8/21 8/21
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

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