Hayato Matsuoka and Tai Sach will face off in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.49
Tai Sach -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Hayato Matsuoka vs. Tai Sach

There is no head to head record between Hayato Matsuoka and Tai Sach since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Hayato Matsuoka

Ranked no. 483 (career-high), the Japanese reached the quarter after defeating Daniel Jovanovski 7-6(6) 6-7(6) 6-4, Taiyo Yamanaka 6-3 7-5, Bernard Tomic 6-4 ret. and Cruz Hewitt 5-7 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Hewitt, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match, Matsuoka scored 107 points vs Hewitt’s 104. Matsuoka was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Regarding the service games, Matsuoka managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hayato Matsuoka lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Matsuoka put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (51/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Hewitt 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hayato started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Matsuoka has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (93-71). 29-21 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Matsuoka has an aggregate65-46 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.

Matsuoka’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Torello,M25 Les Franqueses del Valles,M25 Huzhou and the Brisbane 3 Challenger.

The Japanese has a composed 36-28 win-loss record in 2025, 29-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Tai Sach

Ranked no. 712 (career-high), the Australian reached the quarter after beating Rio Noguchi 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Blake Ellis w/o.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian defeated Ellis (w/o). During the match Sach and Ellis scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 483 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Tai was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Sach wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tai Sach conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Hinode.

The Australian has an overall 25-22 win-loss record in 2025, 25-22 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Sach has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Matsuoka	Sach
Match played	4	1
Tot Set	10	3
Tot Games	100	23
Pts	342-306	73-62
Total Points	648	135
Winners	157	31
%Winners	46%	42%

Matsuoka played 4 matches while Sach competed in 1 match. Matsuoka started his run from the qualifications while Sach had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Hayato Matsuoka conceded 2 sets, while Tai Sach lost 1 set. Matsuoka has played 7 sets more than Sach (10 vs 3). Therefore, Matsuoka played 77 games more than Sach. Hayato scored 157 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Tai struck 31 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Matsuoka	Sach
Aces	39	7
Avg per match	9.8	7
1st in	210/319	42/64
%1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	157/210	31/42
%1st pts	75%	74%
2nd pts	55/109	11/22
%2nd pts	50%	50%

Matsuoka managed to score 39 aces (9.8 per match). Sach fired 7 aces . Matsuoka won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sach won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Matsuoka	Sach
Won	12	4
Converted	12/35	4/6
% Converted	34%	67%
Conceded	20	2
Saved	13	0
% Saved	65%	0%
Times Broken	7	2

The Japanese broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. Hayato conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Sach broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sach conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Matsuoka
	Q1 Jovanovski	Q3 Yamanaka	R1 Tomic	R2 Hewitt	Total
Score	7-66 6-76 6-4	6-3 7-5	6-4 ret.	5-7 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	1	3	9
Tot Games	36	21	10	33	100
pts	115-106	83-66	37-30	107-104	342-306
Total points	221	149	67	211	648
Winners	50	43	13	51	157
%Winners	43%	52%	35%	48%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	7	16	39
Double Faults	3	4	1	4	12
1st in	63/104	55/72	17/29	75/114	210/319
% 1st in	61%	76%	59%	66%	66%
1st pts	50/63	43/55	13/17	51/75	157/210
% 1st pts	79%	78%	76%	68%	75%
2nd pts	19/41	5/17	9/12	22/39	55/109
% 2nd pts	46%	29%	75%	56%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	3	1	3	12
Converted	5/13	3/9	1/3	3/10	12/35
Converted %	38%	33%	33%	30%	34%
Conceded	6	3	1	10	20
Saved	2/6	2/3	1/1	8/10	13
Saved %	33%	67%	100%	80%	70%
Times Broken	4	1	0	2	7

Sach
	R1 Noguchi	R2 Ellis	Total
Score	2-6 6-1 6-2	w/o
Tot Set	3	–	3
Tot Games	23	–	23
pts	73-62	–	73-62
Total points	135	–	135
Winners	31	–	31
%Winners	42%	–	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	–	7
Double Faults	1	–	1
1st in	42/64	–	42/64
% 1st in	66%	–	66%
1st pts	31/42	–	31/42
% 1st pts	74%	–	74%
2nd pts	11/22	–	11/22
% 2nd pts	50%	–	50%
Breaks
Won	4	–	4
Converted	4/6	–	4/6
Converted %	67%	–	67%
Conceded	2	–	2
Saved	0/2	–	0
Saved %	0%	–	0%
Times Broken	2	–	2

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