Marc-Andrea Huesler and Sho Katayama will play each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 2 sets.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.109
Sho Katayama -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Sho Katayama
There is no head to head record between Marc-Andrea Huesler and Sho Katayama since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
23 - 25win/loss
244
47
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-27 | 14-11 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 257, the Swiss will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-1 4-6 6-1 to Yunchaokete in the 2nd round on the 29th of October.
Marc-Andrea has a composed 23-25 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cuernavaca Challenger where he defeated Dmitry Popko in the final 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Huesler has an overall 312-261 record. He has a positive 102-78 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Katayama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Sho will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Yanagawa City where he lost 6-3 6-0
to Shick in the semifinal on the 1st of November.Katayama has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Katayama’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Yanagawa City.
In terms of his career, Katayama has an overall 127-94 record. He has a positive 94-69 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.
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