Akira Santillan and Max Basing will square off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Akira Santillan who should win in 3 sets.
Akira Santillan -> 1.84
Max Basing -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. Max Basing
There is no head to head record between Akira Santillan and Max Basing since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Akira Santillan
58 - 20win/loss
348
144
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59-21 | 31-12 | 6-2 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 390, Santillan reached the qualifications after beating Taisei Ichikawa 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Santillan had a good straight sets win against Ichikawa (6-1 6-1). During the match, Santillan scored 50 points vs Ichikawa’s 21. Akira was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Santillan scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Akira Santillan was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ichikawa 5 times.
Santillan has good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (299-216). 22-6 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Santillan has a compiled 44-24 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Maanshan,M25 Yinchuan and M25 Huzhou.
Santillan has a compiled 58-20 win-loss record in 2025, 22-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Max Basing
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-8 | 31-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-8 | 20-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 4-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442, the Brit got to the qualifications after defeating Masamichi Imamura 4-6 6-3 7-6(5).
In the qualifications against Imamura, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Basing scored 116 points vs Imamura’s 108. Max was exceptionally aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Talking about serving, Basing recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Max Basing lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Basing put 74% of his first serves in, winning 65% (62/95) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Imamura 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Basing’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Bali,M15 Nakhon Pathom and M25 Bali.
Basing has an aggregate 32-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Santillan | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 32 |
| Pts | 50-21 | 116-108 |
| Total Points | 71 | 224 |
| Winners | 21 | 62 |
| %Winners | 42% | 53% |
Both Santillan and Basing played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Basing lost 1 set while Akira Santillan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Santillan has played 1 set(s) less than Basing (2 vs 3). Therefore, Santillan played 18 games less than Basing. The Australian scored 21 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Basing blasted 62 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Santillan | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 95/129 |
| %1st in | 74% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 62/95 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 20/34 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 59% |
Santillan made 1 ace . Basing also recorded 2 aces . Santillan won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Basing won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Santillan | Basing |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Akira broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Australian pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Santillan | |||
| Q1 Ichikawa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 50-21 | 50-21 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Basing | |||
| Q1 Imamura | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 116-108 | 116-108 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 62 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 95/129 | 95/129 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 62/95 | 62/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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