Lorenzo Sciahbasi and Taisei Ichikawa will square off in the qualifications of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sciahbasi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sciahbasi is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sciahbasi -> 1.41
Taisei Ichikawa -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sciahbasi vs. Taisei Ichikawa
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sciahbasi and Taisei Ichikawa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Lorenzo Sciahbasi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-23 | 25-12 | 17-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 7-19 | 0-4 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 630, Lorenzo reached the qualifications after defeating Yusuke Takahashi 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Sciahbasi had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (6-2 6-3). During the match, Sciahbasi scored 64 points vs Takahashi’s 48. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sciahbasi fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lorenzo Sciahbasi lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sciahbasi put 73% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. Sciahbasi broke Takahashi 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Sciahbasi has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (67-51). 1-0 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sciahbasi has a compiled30-18 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Lorenzo has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.
Taisei Ichikawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-27 | 31-25 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-25 | 21-19 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-18 | 17-15 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-25 | 29-19 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-18 | 12-15 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 756, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Yuki Mochizuki 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Taisei had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (7-5 6-3). During the match Ichikawa scored 74 points vs Mochizuki’s 60. Taisei was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Ichikawa struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Taisei Ichikawa lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Ichikawa put 72% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Ichikawa broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Japanese has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sciahbasi | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 64-48 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 112 | 134 |
| Winners | 25 | 42 |
| %Winners | 39% | 57% |
Both Sciahbasi and Ichikawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sciahbasi and Ichikawa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sciahbasi played 4 games less than Ichikawa. Sciahbasi scored 25 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Taisei bagged 42 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sciahbasi | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 33/45 | 55/76 |
| %1st in | 73% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 42/55 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Sciahbasi struck 4 aces . Ichikawa made 11 aces . Sciahbasi won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ichikawa won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sciahbasi | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sciahbasi lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ichikawa broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Taisei conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sciahbasi | |||
| Q1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 64-48 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ichikawa | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 55/76 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 11/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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