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.

As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
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

Marc-Andrea Huesler

23 - 25win/loss

Hard
13-10
I Hard
4-5
Clay
5-6
Grass
1-4
Rank
244
High
47
LWLWLWLLWL
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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Huesler's Record

Sho Katayama

Sho Katayama

9 - 3win/loss

Hard
9-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
High
489
LLWWWWWLWW
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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Katayama's Record

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