Abhishek Bastola vs Yuta KawahashiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Phan Thiet 3 Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 6 · 3:35 AM ET
Book odds
Abhishek Bastola and Yuta Kawahashi meet in first round qualifying at the Phan Thiet 3 Challenger on hard court Sunday. Bastola holds no ATP ranking; Kawahashi sits at 663. The two have never played.
Bastola has won one of his last five matches and two of his last ten. Kawahashi arrives off a seven-match losing streak, though he played as recently as five days ago. Both players have struggled on hard courts in recent play: Bastola sits at 6-8, Kawahashi at 7-13.
Kawahashi operates as a counterpuncher who thrives on reaction and tempo shifts. Bastola's approach remains less defined at this stage of his career. The match will hinge partly on Kawahashi's ability to find rhythm after an extended drought, and on whether Bastola can sustain the form that produced his one recent win.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Bastola | Kawahashi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Abhishek Bastola | Yuta Kawahashi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 40% | 2/5 | 78% | 21/27 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 1/6 | 48% | 13/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 36% | 4/11 | 35% | 19/54 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 100% | 1/1 | 41% | 14/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/3 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 33% | 1/3 | 57% | 4/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 3/4 | 65% | 22/34 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 2/4 | 62% | 21/34 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Bastola and Kawahashi have never faced each other on tour.
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bastola | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.00 |
| ROI % | - | -52.7% |
| Units P/L | - | -4.74u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Bastola | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 1 | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | CHN | CHN → JPN |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Bastola and Kawahashi posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Bastola | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Yuan Cheng Yang | W 61 46 108 | W 63 36 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ye Chen
M15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Yuan Cheng Yang
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Donghyun Hwang
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 2
Jesse Delaney
M15 Harmon · 1st Round
Jun 3
Abubakar Talha
M15 Islamabad · Round of 32
Apr 29
Abubakar Talha
M15 Islamabad · 1st Round
Apr 28
Egor Khotchenkov
M15 Islamabad · 3rd Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Giovani Samaha
M15 Islamabad · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 26
Ryota Tanuma
M25 Urayasu · 1st Round
Sep 1
Qian Sun
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Sam Ryan Ziegann
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 28
Ryotaro Taguchi
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 21
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
Jul 7
Hanyi Liu
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
Jun 30
Matthew Dellavedova
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Arvid Nordquist
M15 Wuning · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 11–54 matches
| Metric | Bastola | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 45% | 50% |
| Sets won | 42% | 53% |
| Games won | 47% | 50% |