Yusuke Takahashi and Hikaru Shiraishi will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yusuke Takahashi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yusuke Takahashi is the pick to win this match.
Yusuke Takahashi -> 1.6
Hikaru Shiraishi -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Yusuke Takahashi vs. Hikaru Shiraishi

This will be the 2^nd time that Yusuke Takahashi and Hikaru Shiraishi face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shiraishi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Shiraishi won 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Takasaki back in September 2025.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 427, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Koki Matsuda 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Yusuke had a good straight sets win against Matsuda (6-3 6-2). During the match, Takahashi scored 65 points vs Matsuda’s 46. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Takahashi scored just 1 ace and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Yusuke Takahashi was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Takahashi broke Matsuda 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Takahashi has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (308-240). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Takahashi has a composed 17-18 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Yusuke’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has a composed 43-24 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Hikaru Shiraishi

Ranked no. 437 (career-high), Shiraishi reached the qualifications after defeating Yusuke Kusuhara 6-4 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Kusuhara (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Shiraishi scored 100 points vs Kusuhara’s 87. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Shiraishi made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hikaru Shiraishi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shiraishi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. Shiraishi broke Kusuhara 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Shiraishi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Hinode,M15 Tokyo,M25 Takasaki and M15 Tanagura.

Shiraishi has an overall 51-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Takahashi	Shiraishi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	29
Pts	65-46	100-87
Total Points	111	187
Winners	24	43
%Winners	37%	43%

Both Takahashi and Shiraishi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Hikaru Shiraishi lost 1 set while Yusuke Takahashi hasn’t lost a set so far. Takahashi has played 1 set(s) less than Shiraishi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Takahashi played 12 games less than Shiraishi. Takahashi scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Hikaru fired 43 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Takahashi	Shiraishi
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	33/48	64/99
%1st in	69%	65%
1st pts	24/33	43/64
%1st pts	73%	67%
2nd pts	9/15	21/35
%2nd pts	60%	60%

Takahashi managed to score 1 ace . Shiraishi also scored 5 aces . Takahashi won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shiraishi won 67% 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	Takahashi	Shiraishi
Won	5	4
Converted	5/10	4/12
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	4	9
Saved	3	6
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

Yusuke broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shiraishi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Takahashi
	Q1 Matsuda	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	24	24
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	33/48	33/48
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	24/33	24/33
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	9/15	9/15
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Shiraishi
	Q1 Kusuhara	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	100-87	100-87
Total points	187	187
Winners	43	43
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	64/99	64/99
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	43/64	43/64
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	21/35	21/35
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

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