Seongchan Hong vs Yosuke WatanukiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Seongchan Hong and Yosuke Watanuki have met 2 times since 2023; Yosuke Watanuki leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at Wimbledon in 2023 on grass. Watanuki has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Hong has taken 0 sets to Watanuki's 4. Their most recent meeting: Yosuke Watanuki won at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Hong | Watanuki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Seongchan Hong | Yosuke Watanuki | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 69% | 9/13 | |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/1 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 0% | 0/1 | 36% | 9/25 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 50% | 8/16 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 0% | 0/1 | 38% | 3/8 |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 67% | 4/6 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 67% | 10/15 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Hong 0, Watanuki 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hong
🎾 All-Court
Watanuki
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 620 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Oct 1, 2024
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jul 3, 2023
Wimbledon
G Grass · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Hong | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 4–4 |
| Avg odds | 3.54 | 2.01 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -19.8% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -1.58u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Hong | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | MEX | — |
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
Henrique Rocha
Cancun Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 19
Yosuke Watanuki
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 1
Illya Marchenko
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 30
Alibek Kachmazov
Chengdu · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 17
Dalibor Svrcina
Shanghai · Round of 16
Sep 4
Tung-Lin Wu
Shanghai · Round of 32
Sep 3
Fajing Sun
Zhangjiagang · Quarterfinals
Aug 30
Yan Bai
Zhangjiagang · Round of 16
Aug 29
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
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 1–25 matches
| Metric | Hong | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 0% | 52% |
| Sets won | 0% | 53% |
| Games won | 29% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Hong | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Hong | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
| Grass | 0 | 1 |
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