Semen Pankin vs Yosuke WatanukiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Zhangjiagang Challenger
- Level
- ATP Challenger Tour
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- August 30 · 4:30 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
Priced around 1.36 or shorter, Yosuke Watanuki has won 45 of 61 matches, 74% against a fair-price expectation of 75%.
Book prices only, with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Sample sizes below ten are not shown.
Semen Pankin and Yosuke Watanuki meet next at the Zhangjiagang Challenger on August 30 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Pankin | Watanuki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Semen Pankin | Yosuke Watanuki | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 53/73 | 69% | 9/13 |
| Wins a set when losing | 48% | 14/29 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 34/102 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 55% | 39/71 | 50% | 8/16 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 12/17 | 38% | 3/8 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 14/25 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 86% | 63/73 | 67% | 10/15 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 53/73 | 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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Pankin
💥 Big Hitter
Watanuki
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
Both Semen Pankin and Yosuke Watanuki are 💥 Big Hitter types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,644 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Pankin and Watanuki have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Pankin | Watanuki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Semen Pankin | Yosuke Watanuki | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 15/15 | 100% | 8/8 |
| 3 or more | 67% | 10/15 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 5 or more | 33% | 5/15 | 63% | 5/8 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/15 | 50% | 4/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Pankin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–8 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.58 | 2.01 |
| ROI % | -32.4% | -19.8% |
| Units P/L | -5.51u | -1.58u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Pankin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | — |
| Events | 3 | — |
| Matches | 6 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | TUR → KAZ → SRB | — |
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 Pankin and Watanuki posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Pankin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Toby Samuel | L 26 16 | L 06 16 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Dimitar Kisimov
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · Semifinals
Aug 22
Drazen Petrovic
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Dusan Bazdar
M15 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 18
Fajing Sun
Astana Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 12
Dominik Palan
Astana Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 10
Fajing Sun
Istanbul Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 3
Manas Dhamne
Samsun Challenger · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Togan Tokac
Samsun Challenger · 1st Round
Jul 28
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 · 25–102 matches
| Metric | Pankin | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 72% | 52% |
| Sets won | 67% | 53% |
| Games won | 57% | 51% |