Challenger Wuning 3Challenger 50Round of 32hardbest of three sets

Friend vs Kikuchi 2:0: result and our tips

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Jay FriendATP #260Elo 1782hard 1768
2:0final6:1 6:4
Yuta KikuchiATP #956Elo 1480hard 1479

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Jay Friend92%
Yuta Kikuchi8%

Elo: J. Friend 84% · Y. Kikuchi 16%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 J. Friend74%
2:1 J. Friend16%
2:1 Y. Kikuchi4%
2:0 Y. Kikuchi5%

First set

Jay Friend83%
Yuta Kikuchi17%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes21%
no80%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 19.0 · 48%market (no margin): 51%

The 19.0 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 20.1

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
15.582%18%94%
16.573%27%89%
17.562%38%81%
18.552%48%72%
19.543%57%64%
20.536%64%56%
21.530%70%51%

Sample: 1,371 matches

Games handicap

Jay Friend −5.553%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes20%

tour average 34%

Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorehit 2:0
  • Total games Under 19.0in · 17 games
  • Games handicapcovered

Match stats

Jay FriendYuta Kikuchi
7Aces2
3Double faults1
57%First serves in53%
90%First-serve points won52%
46%Second-serve points won50%
4/6Break points converted1/1
8/9Service games held4/8
71%Service points won51%
49%Return points won29%
61Total points won41

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

J. FriendTourY. Kikuchi
Service points won64%62%60%
Return points won39%38%40%
Service games held81%76%73%
Breaks of serve24%24%28%
Aces per service game0.440.29
Double faults per game0.300.22
Sets with a tie-break17%3%
Tie-breaks won12/181/1
Wins in straight sets55%78%
Matches in the sample4416

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Jay Friend

Yuta Kikuchi

  • 05/10/26WRyuki Matsuda#692Challenger Wuning 3 · Q26:2 6:3
  • 04/10/26WKosuke Ogura#826Challenger Wuning 3 · Q17:6 6:3
  • 15/09/26LBernard Tomic#185Challenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · R320:6 2:6
  • 14/09/26WTsung-Hao Huang#788Challenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Q27:5 6:1
  • 13/09/26WMikalai Haliak#911Challenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Q15:0
  • 13/04/26LDaniil Ostapenkov#529Challenger Wuning 2 · Q22:6 2:6
  • 12/04/26WQian Sun#896Challenger Wuning 2 · Q17:5 6:3
  • 30/03/26LJi Sung Nam#827Challenger Miyazaki · Q24:6 4:6
  • 29/03/26WRyuki Matsuda#692Challenger Miyazaki · Q16:3 6:2
  • 04/01/26LTibo Colson#526Challenger Nonthaburi · Q10:6 1:6

Elo over the last year

Jay FriendYuta Kikuchi

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

J. FriendY. Kikuchi
Hard court29–1566%9–853%

Head to head

They have not met yet.

Road through the tournament

Jay Friend

First match in this tournament.

Yuta Kikuchi

  • 04/10/26WKosuke Ogura#826Challenger Wuning 3 · Q17:6 6:3
  • 05/10/26WRyuki Matsuda#692Challenger Wuning 3 · Q26:2 6:3