Yosuke Watanuki and Kaylan Bigun will play each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.44
Kaylan Bigun -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Kaylan Bigun
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Kaylan Bigun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
26 - 24win/loss
159
72
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 5-2 ret. to Isomura in the 1st round on the 28th of October.
The Japanese has a composed 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Watanuki’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Yousuke has an overall 256-171 record. He has a positive 56-25 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
Kaylan Bigun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-18 | 13-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-15 | 2-7 | 6-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 736, Kaylan will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Uchiyama in the 1st round on the 4th of November.
Bigun has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Southaven.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 27-48 record. He has a negative 3-7 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(5) 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hyeon ChungChung – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max BasingBasing – (0-0) – H2H and prediction