Taisei Ichikawa and Kristjan Tamm will play each other in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taisei Ichikawa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taisei Ichikawa is the pick to win this match.
Taisei Ichikawa -> 1.73
Kristjan Tamm -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Taisei Ichikawa vs. Kristjan Tamm

There is no head to head record between Taisei Ichikawa and Kristjan Tamm since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Taisei Ichikawa

Ranked no. 822,he will start his run in the Taipei Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he defeated 7-5 6-2 to Yoshimura in the qualifications on the 2^nd of November.

Ichikawa has a composed 21-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Ichikawa has an overall 127-127 record. He has a negative 8-10 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Kristjan Tamm

Ranked no. 886, the Estonian got to the qualifications after defeating Kuan-Shou Chen 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Tamm defeated Chen (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-2). During the match Tamm scored 107 points vs Chen’s 98. Tamm was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Tamm blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Kristjan Tamm was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kristjan broke Chen 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

The Estonian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Tamm has an aggregate 23-20 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ichikawa	Tamm
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	31
Pts	74-58	107-98
Total Points	132	205
Winners	28	37
%Winners	38%	35%

Both Ichikawa and Tamm played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kristjan Tamm lost 1 set while Taisei Ichikawa hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ichikawa has played 1 set(s) less than Tamm (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ichikawa played 11 games less than Tamm. Ichikawa scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tamm made 37 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ichikawa	Tamm
Aces	3	7
Avg per match	3	7
1st in	33/60	48/88
%1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	28/33	37/48
%1st pts	85%	77%
2nd pts	14/27	24/40
%2nd pts	52%	60%

Ichikawa scored 3 aces . Tamm bagged 7 aces . Ichikawa won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Tamm won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ichikawa	Tamm
Won	4	3
Converted	4/7	3/11
% Converted	57%	27%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4	3
% Saved	80%	60%
Times Broken	1	2

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Taisei conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Estonian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Estonian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Ichikawa
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Tamm
	Q1 Chen	Total
Score	7-65 4-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	107-98	107-98
Total points	205	205
Winners	37	37
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	48/88	48/88
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	37/48	37/48
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	24/40	24/40
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

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