Taiyo Yamanaka and Emile Hudd will square off in the qualifications of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on SHOW COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emile Hudd who should win in 3 sets.
Emile Hudd -> 1.72
Taiyo Yamanaka -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Taiyo Yamanaka vs. Emile Hudd
There is no head to head record between Taiyo Yamanaka and Emile Hudd since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taiyo Yamanaka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-22 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-31 | 36-27 | 0-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 21-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-22 | 14-13 | 24-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 3-3 | 39-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 818, Yamanaka reached the qualifications after beating Jesse Delaney 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Delaney (6-3 6-2). During the match, Yamanaka scored 58 points vs Delaney’s 33. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yamanaka scored 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Taiyo Yamanaka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 97% (29/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taiyo broke Delaney 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Yamanaka has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (205-150). 27-18 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Yamanaka has an overall117-92 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Taiyo’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Luan.
The Japanese has an overall 31-20 win-loss record in 2025, 27-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Emile Hudd
11 - 14win/loss
747
520
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-15 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 40-28 | 31-23 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 21-12 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 831, Emile reached the qualifications after defeating Finn Bass 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Emile had a good straight sets win against Bass (6-3 6-2). During the match Hudd scored 56 points vs Bass’s 45. Emile was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Hudd bagged 11 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emile Hudd was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hudd broke Bass 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Brit’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Lannion and M25 Perth.
Hudd has a composed 11-14 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yamanaka | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 56-45 |
| Total Points | 91 | 101 |
| Winners | 29 | 26 |
| %Winners | 50% | 46% |
Both Yamanaka and Hudd played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yamanaka and Hudd have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). The Japanese scored 29 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Hudd struck 26 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yamanaka | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 34/57 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/30 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 97% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Yamanaka struck 4 aces . Hudd managed to score 11 aces . Yamanaka won 97% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hudd won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yamanaka | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 60% | 60% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Yamanaka extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Emile broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Emile was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Yamanaka | |||
| Q1 Delaney | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/30 | 29/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 97% | 97% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hudd | |||
| Q1 Bass | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-45 | 56-45 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 34/57 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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