Ryo Tabata and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong will play each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT B. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong who should win in 3 sets.
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong -> 1.59
Ryo Tabata -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Ryo Tabata vs. Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
This will be the 2nd time that Ryo Tabata and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tabata (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Tabata won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in M15 Karuizawa back in 2024.
Ryo Tabata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Tabata reached the qualifications after beating Yuki Mochizuki 6-2 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Tabata had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-2 7-67). During the match, Tabata scored 79 points vs Mochizuki’s 68. Ryo was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tabata recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ryo Tabata lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tabata put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Tabata broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Tabata has won exactly 50% of his matches (14-14) in the last 2 years. 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tabata has an aggregate2-2 match record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Japanese has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Tabata has never competed in this tournament before.
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
27 - 30win/loss
738
605
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-31 | 23-26 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-28 | 31-25 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-28 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-9 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 774, the Malaysian got to the qualifications after beating Sanhui Shin 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Wei Kang Leong had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-3 6-2). During the match Wei Kang Leong scored 67 points vs Shin’s 52. Wei Kang Leong was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Wei Kang Leong fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Wei Kang Leong put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Wei Kang Leong broke Shin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Mitsuki has an overall 27-30 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tabata | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 |
| Pts | 79-68 | 67-52 |
| Total Points | 147 | 119 |
| Winners | 37 | 24 |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Tabata and Wei Kang Leong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tabata and Wei Kang Leong have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tabata played 4 games more than Wei Kang Leong. Tabata scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Malaysian bagged 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tabata | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 35/58 |
| %1st in | 71% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Tabata bagged 2 aces . Wei Kang Leong struck 3 aces . Tabata won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Wei Kang Leong won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tabata | Wei Kang Leong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 63% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 88% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Malaysian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mitsuki conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tabata | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 79-68 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/78 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wei Kang Leong | |||
| Q1 Shin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 67-52 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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