Karue Sell vs Yosuke WatanukiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Karue Sell and Yosuke Watanuki have met 1 time since 2025; Yosuke Watanuki leads 1–0. Across all meetings Sell has taken 0 sets to Watanuki's 2. Their most recent meeting: Yosuke Watanuki won at Granby Challenger (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sell | Watanuki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Karue Sell | Yosuke Watanuki | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 0% | 0/2 | 69% | 9/13 |
| Wins a set when losing | 50% | 1/2 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 75% | 3/4 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/4 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 38% | 3/8 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 1/1 | 67% | 10/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 60% | 9/15 |
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 (Sell 0, Watanuki 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sell
🪃 Counterpuncher
Watanuki
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 2,363 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 15, 2025
Granby Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.01 |
| ROI % | - | -19.8% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.58u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Sell and Watanuki posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Kennedy | W 75 26 61 | W 61 64 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
John Hallquist Lithen
M15 Naples 3 · 2nd Round
Feb 26
Rafael Tosetto
M15 Naples 3 · 1st Round
Feb 25
Teodor Davidov
M15 Naples 2 · 2nd Round
Feb 19
Jack Kennedy
M15 Naples 2 · 1st Round
Feb 18
Yu Hsiou Hsu
Chicago Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Miguel Tobon
Chicago Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 5
Corentin Moutet
Washington · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 19
Yosuke Watanuki
Granby Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 15
Hayato Matsuoka
Vancouver Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 29
Toby Samuel
Winnipeg Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Andre Ilagan
Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 20
August Holmgren
Granby Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 14
Jack Kennedy
Cary Challenger · Quarterfinals
Jul 3
Tung-Lin Wu
Cary Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 1
Andre Ilagan
Cary Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 29
Vitaliy Sachko
Bratislava Challenger · 1st Round
Jun 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 4–25 matches
| Metric | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 52% |
| Sets won | 45% | 53% |
| Games won | 52% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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