Challenger KobeChallenger 75Qualifying round 1hard, indoorbest of three setsqualifying
Kikuchi vs Ichikawa: prediction and tips
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Match chances
Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength.
Winner
Yuta Kikuchi46%
Taisei Ichikawa54%
Elo: Y. Kikuchi 56% · T. Ichikawa 44%
from the market (no margin)
Set score
2:0 Y. Kikuchi27%
2:1 Y. Kikuchi18%
2:1 T. Ichikawa20%
2:0 T. Ichikawa35%
First set
Yuta Kikuchi46%
Taisei Ichikawa54%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes38%
no62%
Total games
Expected total: 23.2
| Line | Over | Under | Tour over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5 | 74% | 26% | 71% |
| 19.5 | 66% | 34% | 62% |
| 20.5 | 58% | 42% | 54% |
| 21.5 | 53% | 47% | 49% |
| 22.5 | 46% | 54% | 42% |
| 23.5 | 41% | 59% | 37% |
| 24.5 | 39% | 61% | 35% |
Sample: 5,778 matches
Games handicap
T. Ichikawa −1.550%
Tie-break in the match
Tie-break: yes32%
tour average 32%
Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.
Serve profile (12 months)
Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.
| Y. Kikuchi | Tour | T. Ichikawa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service points won | 61% | 62% | 62% |
| Return points won | 39% | 38% | 39% |
| Service games held | 73% | 76% | 74% |
| Breaks of serve | 26% | 24% | 26% |
| Aces per service game | 0.31 | 0.39 | |
| Double faults per game | 0.20 | 0.21 | |
| Sets with a tie-break | 6% | 13% | |
| Tie-breaks won | 1/2 | 3/6 | |
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 78% | |
| Matches in the sample | 14 | 19 |
Form
The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.
Yuta Kikuchi
- 26/10/26LOmar Jasika#301Challenger Seoul · Q22:6 4:6
- 25/10/26WDimitris Sakellaridis#537Challenger Seoul · Q16:1 6:7 7:5
- 06/10/26LJay Friend#256Challenger Wuning 3 · R321:6 4:6
- 05/10/26WRyuki Matsuda#661Challenger Wuning 3 · Q26:2 6:3
- 04/10/26WKosuke Ogura#766Challenger Wuning 3 · Q17:6 6:3
- 15/09/26LBernard Tomic#176Challenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · R320:6 2:6
- 14/09/26WTsung-Hao HuangChallenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Q27:5 6:1
- 13/09/26WMikalai Haliak#955Challenger Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Q15:0
- 13/04/26LDaniil Ostapenkov#508Challenger Wuning 2 · Q22:6 2:6
- 12/04/26WQian Sun#910Challenger Wuning 2 · Q17:5 6:3
Taisei Ichikawa
- 08/11/26LRyuki Matsuda#661Challenger Matsuyama · Q13:6 2:6
- 25/10/26LHiroki Moriya#450Challenger Ningbo · Q14:6 4:6
- 04/10/26LBlake BayldonChallenger Wuning 3 · Q16:7 4:6
- 14/09/26LTimofei Derepasko#631Challenger Phan Thiet 4 · Q25:7 3:6
- 13/09/26WNikita Ianin#969Challenger Phan Thiet 4 · Q16:2 6:2
- 07/09/26LBenjamin O'Connell#950Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · Q27:6 5:7 2:6
- 06/09/26WNoritaka Koizumi#888Challenger Phan Thiet 3 · Q16:4 6:1
- 11/08/26LPetr Bar Biryukov#271Challenger Astana · R322:6 3:6
- 10/08/26WKaran (IND) Singh#355Challenger Astana · Q26:3 3:6 6:1
- 09/08/26WHyeon Chung#573Challenger Astana · Q17:5 6:4
Elo over the last year
Yuta KikuchiTaisei Ichikawa
Record by surface (12 months)
Wins–losses over the last 12 months.
| Y. Kikuchi | T. Ichikawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard court | 8–753% | 9–1047% |
Head to head
They have not met yet.
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