Hikaru Shiraishi vs Seita WatanabePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Hikaru Shiraishi and Seita Watanabe have met 1 time since 2024; Hikaru Shiraishi leads 1–0. Across all meetings Shiraishi has taken 2 sets to Watanabe's 1. Their most recent meeting: Hikaru Shiraishi won at Nonthaburi 1 (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shiraishi | Watanabe | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Hikaru Shiraishi | Seita Watanabe | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 26/39 | — | |
| Wins a set when losing | 42% | 13/31 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 26/70 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 41% | 16/39 | — | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 55% | 11/20 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 29% | 6/21 | 0% | 0/1 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 35/41 | — | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 63% | 26/41 | — | |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shiraishi 0, Watanabe 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shiraishi
🪃 Counterpuncher
Watanabe
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Hikaru Shiraishi and Seita Watanabe are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,818 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Dec 29, 2024
Nonthaburi 1
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shiraishi | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.85 | - |
| ROI % | -40.6% | - |
| Units P/L | -5.28u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shiraishi | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | 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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yanki Erel
M25 Taipei · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Hyeon Chung
M25 Taipei · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Nitin Kumar Sinha
M25 Taipei · 1st Round
Aug 19
Asahi Harazaki
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 28
Isaac Becroft
M15 Bali · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Ethan David Zapp
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 22
Ethan David Zapp
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 22
Taiyo Yamanaka
M15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Samuele Pieri
Rwanda Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 1
Takuya Kumasaka
Suzhou · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 19
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Guangzhou (Huangpu) · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 8
James Watt
Zhangjiagang · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Cannon Kingsley
San Luis Potosi · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 13
Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos
Concepcion · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 23
Conner Huertas del Pino
Asuncion · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 16
Kilian Feldbausch
Santiago · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 3–70 matches
| Metric | Shiraishi | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 0% |
| Sets won | 55% | 14% |
| Games won | 52% | 41% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shiraishi | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shiraishi | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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