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 | 71% | 10/14 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 1/4 | 45% | 5/11 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 3/6 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 0% | 0/4 | 53% | 9/17 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/2 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 71% | 5/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 1/1 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 0% | 0/1 | 63% | 10/16 |
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 (48% vs 52%, 3,969 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 | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.70 | 1.77 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -39.4% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -2.76u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | USA | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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 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
Alex Rybakov
San Diego 2 Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Michael Mmoh
Tiburon Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 14
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
Semen Pankin
Jinan Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 11
Marat Sharipov
Shanghai Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 7
Chun-Hsin Tseng
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Semen Pankin
Zhangjiagang Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 31
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
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 6–25 matches
| Metric | Sell | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 33% | 56% |
| Sets won | 33% | 56% |
| Games won | 47% | 52% |
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 |
Share this matchup
Copy the link to paste in Discord or group chats.