Hyeon Chung and Ryuki Matsuda will face off in the 1^st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hyeon Chung who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hyeon Chung is the pick to win this match.
Hyeon Chung -> 1.54
Ryuki Matsuda -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Hyeon Chung vs. Ryuki Matsuda

There is no head to head record between Hyeon Chung and Ryuki Matsuda since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Hyeon Chung

Ranked no. 377, Chung will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Sekulic in the 1^st round on the 4^th of November.

Chung has a composed 31-20 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

Chung’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Luan,Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.

Talking about his overall career, Chung has an overall 287-158 record. He has a positive 20-13 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.

Ryuki Matsuda

Ranked no. 545, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-3 1-6 6-2 to Basing in the 1^st round on the 4^th of November.

The Japanese has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Ryuki’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Heraklion and M25 Heraklion.

In terms of his career, Matsuda has an overall 162-132 record. He has a negative 1-5 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

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