Challenger TaipeiChallenger 125Round of 16hard, indoorbest of three sets
Watanuki vs Imamura: 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
Yosuke Watanuki85%
Masamichi Imamura15%
Elo: Y. Watanuki 79% · M. Imamura 21%
from the market (no margin)
Set score
2:0 Y. Watanuki65%
2:1 Y. Watanuki20%
2:1 M. Imamura7%
2:0 M. Imamura8%
First set
Yosuke Watanuki78%
Masamichi Imamura22%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes27%
no73%
Total games
The bookmakers' lineUnder 20.0 · 49%market (no margin): 50%
The 20.0 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: 21.1
| Line | Over | Under | Tour over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.5 | 79% | 21% | 88% |
| 17.5 | 69% | 31% | 80% |
| 18.5 | 60% | 40% | 71% |
| 19.5 | 51% | 49% | 62% |
| 20.5 | 43% | 57% | 54% |
| 21.5 | 37% | 63% | 49% |
| 22.5 | 31% | 69% | 42% |
Sample: 2,177 matches
Games handicap
Y. Watanuki −5.544%
Tie-break in the match
Tie-break: yes23%
tour average 32%
Serve profile (12 months)
Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.
| Y. Watanuki | Tour | M. Imamura | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service points won | 62% | 62% | 60% |
| Return points won | 40% | 38% | 39% |
| Service games held | 75% | 76% | 73% |
| Breaks of serve | 31% | 24% | 27% |
| Aces per service game | 0.67 | 0.22 | |
| Double faults per game | 0.25 | 0.16 | |
| Sets with a tie-break | 14% | 9% | |
| Tie-breaks won | 7/11 | 6/11 | |
| Wins in straight sets | 79% | 74% | |
| Matches in the sample | 33 | 53 |
Form
The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.
Yosuke Watanuki
- 03/11/26WLloyd Harris#103Challenger Taipei · R326:2 6:4
- 02/11/26WMitsuki Wei Kang Leong#408Challenger Taipei · Q26:2 6:2
- 01/11/26WDominik Palan#606Challenger Taipei · Q17:6 6:0
- 16/10/26LShintaro Mochizuki#125Challenger Jinan · QF6:4 2:6 6:7
- 15/10/26WMarin Cilic#96Challenger Jinan · R167:5 6:4
- 14/10/26WAndre Ilagan#200Challenger Jinan · R326:2 6:2
- 12/10/26WKaito UesugiChallenger Jinan · Q26:2 6:2
- 11/10/26WSemen Pankin#424Challenger Jinan · Q16:1 6:0
- 07/09/26LMarat Sharipov#226Challenger Shanghai · R327:6 5:7 2:6
- 02/09/26LChun Hsin Tseng#230Challenger Zhangjiagang · R165:7 3:6
Masamichi Imamura
- 03/11/26WMitsuki Wei Kang Leong#408Challenger Taipei · R326:4 6:4
- 02/11/26WYanki Erel#299Challenger Taipei · Q25:7 6:2 3:1
- 01/11/26WLuca Staeheli#449Challenger Taipei · Q16:2 6:3
- 27/10/26LTristan Schoolkate#143Challenger Ningbo · R324:6 3:6
- 18/10/26LSaba Purtseladze#593Challenger Guangzhou Nansha · Q11:6 2:6
- 06/10/26LKaichi Uchida#401Challenger Wuning 3 · R326:7 2:6
- 30/09/26LPetr Bar Biryukov#268Challenger Jingshan · R325:7 4:6
- 22/09/26LRio Noguchi#219ATP Hangzhou · Q11:6 4:6
- 14/09/26LEnzo Aguiard#427Challenger Phan Thiet 4 · R323:6 2:6
- 01/09/26LBernard Tomic#181Challenger Zhangjiagang · R324:6 6:3 4:6
Elo over the last year
Yosuke WatanukiMasamichi Imamura
Record by surface (12 months)
Wins–losses over the last 12 months.
| Y. Watanuki | M. Imamura | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard court | 19–1066% | 27–2651% |
| Clay | 0–40% | 0–0 |
| Grass | 0–0 | 0–10% |
Head to head
They have not met yet.
Road through the tournament
Yosuke Watanuki
- 01/11/26WDominik Palan#606Challenger Taipei · Q17:6 6:0
- 02/11/26WMitsuki Wei Kang Leong#408Challenger Taipei · Q26:2 6:2
- 03/11/26WLloyd Harris#103Challenger Taipei · R326:2 6:4
Masamichi Imamura
- 01/11/26WLuca Staeheli#449Challenger Taipei · Q16:2 6:3
- 02/11/26WYanki Erel#299Challenger Taipei · Q25:7 6:2 3:1
- 03/11/26WMitsuki Wei Kang Leong#408Challenger Taipei · R326:4 6:4