Alex Bolt and Takuya Kumasaka will play each other in the 1^st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.25
Takuya Kumasaka -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Takuya Kumasaka

There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Takuya Kumasaka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 188, Bolt will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he won the title in the Brisbane 3 Challenger after beating 6-3 6-3 Wu in the final.

Alex has a composed 30-21 win-loss record in 2025, 21-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Brisbane 3 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-3 6-3.

Bolt won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 369-321 record. He has a positive 231-179 record on hard.

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

Takuya Kumasaka

Ranked no. 475, the Japanese will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Brisbane 3 Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-2

to Vithoontien in the qualifications on the 10^th of November.

The Japanese has an overall 44-21 win-loss record in 2025, 44-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kumasaka’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Tokyo,M15 Tsukuba and M15 Nakhon Pathom.

In terms of his career, Takuya has an overall 154-105 record. He has a positive 132-83 record on hard.

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

• Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dane SweenySweeny – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karan SinghSingh – Aryan ShahShah (7-6² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James McCabeMcCabe – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tai SachSach – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Li TuTu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Blake EllisEllis – Shinji HazawaHazawa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Takuya KumasakaKumasaka – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction