Hayato Matsuoka and Emile Hudd will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 3 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hayato Matsuoka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hayato Matsuoka is the pick to win this match.
Hayato Matsuoka -> 1.54
Emile Hudd -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Hayato Matsuoka vs. Emile Hudd

This will be the 2^nd time that Hayato Matsuoka and Emile Hudd face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hudd (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Hudd won 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in the Playford Challenger back in 2024.

Hayato Matsuoka

Ranked no. 589 (career-high), Hayato got to the 2^nd round after beating Matthew Hulme 6-4 6-4, Scott Jones 7-6(1) 7-5 and Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Hayato had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-2). During the match, Matsuoka scored 65 points vs Hijikata’s 55. Matsuoka was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Matsuoka recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hayato Matsuoka lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Matsuoka put 71% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Hayato broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Matsuoka has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 55% of his matches (87-70). 23-20 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Matsuoka has a compiled59-45 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

Hayato’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Torello,M25 Les Franqueses del Valles and M25 Huzhou.

Hayato has an aggregate 30-27 win-loss record in 2025, 23-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 3 Challenger

Emile Hudd

Ranked no. 840, Hudd reached the 2^nd round after beating Finn Bass 6-3 6-2, Taiyo Yamanaka 6-2 6-3 and Matthew Dellavedova 6-1 2-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Emile defeated Dellavedova (6-1 2-6 6-2). During the match Hudd scored 72 points vs Dellavedova’s 57. Hudd was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Hudd bagged 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Emile Hudd was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Hudd broke Dellavedova 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Hudd’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Lannion and M25 Perth.

Hudd has an aggregate 13-14 win-loss record in 2025, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Matsuoka	Hudd
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	63	57
Pts	209-181	187-142
Total Points	390	329
Winners	102	81
%Winners	49%	43%

Both Matsuoka and Hudd played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emile Hudd conceded 1 set while Hayato Matsuoka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Matsuoka has played 1 set(s) less than Hudd (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Matsuoka played 6 games more than Hudd. The Japanese scored 102 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 81 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Matsuoka	Hudd
Aces	11	35
Avg per match	3.7	11.7
1st in	132/192	112/175
%1st in	69%	64%
1st pts	102/132	81/112
%1st pts	77%	72%
2nd pts	32/60	40/63
%2nd pts	53%	63%

Matsuoka made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Hudd bagged 35 aces (11.7 per match). Matsuoka won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hudd won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Matsuoka	Hudd
Won	7	11
Converted	7/21	11/15
% Converted	33%	73%
Conceded	7	9
Saved	6	6
% Saved	86%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. Hudd conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Matsuoka
	Q1 Hulme	Q3 Jones	R1 Hijikata	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-61 7-5	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	25	18	63
pts	64-53	80-73	65-55	209-181
Total points	117	153	120	390
Winners	33	41	28	102
%Winners	52%	51%	43%	49%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	2	11
Double Faults	1	1	3	5
1st in	41/57	52/80	39/55	132/192
% 1st in	72%	65%	71%	69%
1st pts	33/41	41/52	28/39	102/132
% 1st pts	80%	79%	72%	77%
2nd pts	9/16	15/28	8/16	32/60
% 2nd pts	56%	54%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	1	4	7
Converted	2/3	1/7	4/11	7/21
Converted %	67%	14%	36%	33%
Conceded	2	1	4	7
Saved	2/2	1/1	3/4	6
Saved %	100%	100%	75%	92%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Hudd
	Q1 Bass	Q3 Yamanaka	R1 Dellavedova	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 6-3	6-1 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	17	23	57
pts	56-45	59-40	72-57	187-142
Total points	101	99	129	329
Winners	26	23	32	81
%Winners	46%	39%	44%	43%
SERVE
Aces	11	10	14	35
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	34/57	34/54	44/64	112/175
% 1st in	60%	63%	69%	64%
1st pts	26/34	23/34	32/44	81/112
% 1st pts	76%	68%	73%	72%
2nd pts	14/23	13/20	13/20	40/63
% 2nd pts	61%	65%	65%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/5	4/4	4/6	11/15
Converted %	60%	100%	67%	73%
Conceded	4	2	3	9
Saved	4/4	1/2	1/3	6
Saved %	100%	50%	33%	61%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Brisbane 3 Challenger

• Jake DelaneyDelaney – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Cruz HewittHewitt – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Emile HuddHudd – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Blake EllisEllis – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Mees RottgeringRottgering – Blaise BicknellBicknell (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ethan Cook/Tai SachCook/Tai Sach – Rio Noguchi/Naoki TajimaNoguchi/Naoki Tajima (3-6 7-5 10-8) – See score progression
• Leo VithoontienVithoontien – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Aryan ShahShah (1-6 7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Tai SachSach – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Karan SinghSingh (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Li TuTu (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Dane SweenySweeny – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-0 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Omar JasikaJasika (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernard TomicTomic – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alex BoltBolt (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jake DelaneyDelaney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emile HuddHudd – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tai SachSach – Dane SweenySweeny (0-2) – H2H and prediction