Rio Noguchi and Yusuke Takahashi will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTER 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 Rio Noguchi who should win in 3 sets.
Rio Noguchi -> 1.39
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Rio Noguchi vs. Yusuke Takahashi
This will be the 5th time that Rio Noguchi and Yusuke Takahashi play each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Noguchi won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Shenzhen Challenger back in 2024.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-30 | 36-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 36-22 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, the Japanese will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Shimabukuro in the 2nd round on the 29th of October.
Rio has an overall 34-27 win-loss record in 2025, 34-27 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he beat Jie Cui in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 363-255 record. He has a positive 258-167 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Yusuke Takahashi
| 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. 427, the Japanese will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4
to Isomura in the qualifications on the 27th of October.Yusuke has a compiled 42-23 win-loss record in 2025, 40-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Yusuke’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.
In terms of his career, Takahashi has an overall 323-247 record. He has a positive 276-206 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Maximus JonesJones (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Sho KatayamaKatayama (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Maximus JonesJones (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henrique RochaRocha – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (5-7 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Hynek BartonBarton (7-67 1-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Renta TokudaTokuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction