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Ajay Malik vs Koki MatsudaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Ajay Malik and Koki Matsuda have met 1 time since 2025; Koki Matsuda leads 1–0. Across all meetings Malik has taken 0 sets to Matsuda's 2. Their most recent meeting: Koki Matsuda won at M25 Bali 3 (2025).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorMalikMatsuda
Wins in straight sets79%
Wins a set when losing0%45%
Goes to a deciding set0%30%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite57%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog0%75%
Tiebreak sets won0%76%
Wins after taking set 185%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 176%

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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Malik 0, Matsuda 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Malik

🏃 Pusher

Extreme retrievalLow error rateFrustrates opponentsDefensive baseline play
vs

Matsuda

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Matchup analysis

The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 71% vs 🏃 Pusher across 45 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Koki Matsuda.

Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.

Previous meetings

1 career meeting, newest first

Sep 2, 2025

M25 Bali 3

H Hard · 1st Round

36
46
Matsuda

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricMalikMatsuda
W-L-12–9
Avg odds-1.74
ROI %--12.8%
Units P/L--2.69u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricMalikMatsuda
Countries3
Events3
Matches5
Distance
RouteTUR → KAZ → TPE

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

Matsuda has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Malik's 0%).

OpponentMalikMatsuda
Maan Kesarwani
L
26
06
W
61
76

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Malik
LLLLLLWL
L

Maan Kesarwani

M15 Gwalior 1 · 1st Round

26
06

Dec 2

L

Nitin Kumar Sinha

M25 Bhopal 2 · 1st Round

36
697

Nov 25

L

Sandesh Dattatray Kurale

M15 Bhubaneswar 1 · 1st Round

26
46

Nov 19

L

Arthur Weber

M25 Bali 4 · 1st Round

657
16

Sep 10

L

Koki Matsuda

M25 Bali 3 · 1st Round

36
46

Sep 2

L

Renta Tokuda

M25 Bali 2 · 2nd Round

06
16

Aug 14

W

Vadym Konovchuk

M25 Bali 2 · 1st Round

61
62

Aug 13

L

Yanki Erel

M25 Bali 1 · 2nd Round

26
46

Aug 7

Matsuda
LLLWWLWW
L

Chih-Jen Ho

M25 Taipei · 1st Round

36
46

Aug 18

L

Hayato Matsuoka

Astana Challenger · 1st Round

36
46

Aug 10

L

Gijs Brouwer

Istanbul Challenger · Quarterfinals

46
61
26

Aug 7

W

Paul Inchauspe

Istanbul Challenger · 2nd Round

64
46
64

Aug 6

W

Kerem Yilmaz

Istanbul Challenger · 1st Round

36
63
764

Aug 4

L

Gabriel Debru

Samsun Challenger · Quarterfinals

64
657
36

Jul 31

W

Colin Sinclair

Samsun Challenger · 2nd Round

63
63

Jul 29

W

Karan Singh

Samsun Challenger · 1st Round

64
64

Jul 27

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 4–62 matches

MetricMalikMatsuda
Matches won0%65%
Sets won0%62%
Games won37%53%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageMalikMatsuda
ITF M2501

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceMalikMatsuda
Hard01

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Ajay Malik vs Koki Matsuda FAQ

Koki Matsuda leads the head-to-head 1–0 over 1 meetings.