Taisei Ichikawa vs Yuta KikuchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Taisei Ichikawa and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2026; Taisei Ichikawa leads 1–0. Across all meetings Ichikawa has taken 2 sets to Kikuchi's 1. Their most recent meeting: Taisei Ichikawa won at M15 Wuning (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ichikawa | Kikuchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Taisei Ichikawa | Yuta Kikuchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 63% | 20/32 | 70% | 14/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 44% | 16/36 | 43% | 9/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 41% | 28/68 | 37% | 15/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 10/26 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 61% | 20/33 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 15/30 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 79% | 26/33 | 81% | 17/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 61% | 20/33 | 67% | 14/21 |
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. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Ichikawa 0, Kikuchi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ichikawa
🎾 All-Court
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 🎾 All-Court archetype wins about 58% vs 🧱 The Wall across 131 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Taisei Ichikawa.
All-Court players often use tactical versatility and net approach ability to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 8, 2026
M15 Wuning
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–9 | 0–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.23 | 1.76 |
| ROI % | -29.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.88u | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 2 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | KAZ → TPE | CHN |
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
Ichikawa has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Kikuchi's 40%).
| Opponent | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Ryuki Matsuda | L 63 26 26 | W 63 62 |
| Hunter Heck | W 62 63 | L 46 26 |
| Takuya Kumasaka | W 46 64 63 | W 60 76 |
| Shinji Hazawa | W 46 76 63 | L 64 06 36 |
| Uisung Park | L 26 36 | L 16 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tung-Lin Wu
M25 Taipei · 1st Round
Aug 19
Petr Bar Biryukov
Astana Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 11
Ryuki Matsuda
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Jul 29
Ryuki Matsuda
M15 Bali · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Mukund Sasikumar
M15 Bali · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Makoto Ochi
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jul 8
Kasidit Samrej
M15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Hunter Heck
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 30
Qian Sun
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 4
Shinji Hazawa
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · 1st Round
May 20
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 20
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 15
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 13
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
May 13
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–68 matches
| Metric | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 49% |
| Sets won | 49% | 51% |
| Games won | 49% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Ichikawa | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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