Yan Cheng Chen and Yuta Kawahashi have met 1 time since 2025; Yuta Kawahashi leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Yuta Kawahashi won at M15 Kuala Lumpur (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Chen
🧱 The Wall
Kawahashi
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 57% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,782 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Yuta Kawahashi.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Chen | Kawahashi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Yan Cheng Chen | Yuta Kawahashi | ||
| 1 or more | 78% | 7/9 | 77% | 10/13 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 46% | 6/13 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 15% | 2/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 8% | 1/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/13 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Chen | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.77 |
| ROI % | - | -35.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.10u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kawahashi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Chen's 0%).
| Opponent | Chen | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Zhu | L 46 26 | W 61 62 |
| Arthur Weber | L 76 36 13 | W 75 64 |
Last five matches per player
Yuichiro Inui
M15 Luan · Round of 32
Jun 1
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Tianhui Zhang
M15 Luan · Final
May 25
Shintaro Imai
M15 Luan · Semifinals
May 25
Ashton Mcleod
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
May 25
Shaoyun Liu
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 25
Jake Delaney
M15 Wuning · Round of 16
May 11
Yuta Kikuchi
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 4
Kazuma Kawachi
M15 Harmon · Round of 32
Jun 1
Youssef Kadiri Hassani
M15 Harmon · Round of 16
Jun 1
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 32
May 25
Kriish Tyagi
KARNATAKA OPEN · Round of 16
May 13
Alex Hernandez
KARNATAKA OPEN · Round of 32
May 11
Ryotaro Taguchi
S M KRISHNA MEMORIAL OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 1
Matt Hulme
M15 Singapore · Round of 32
Apr 20
Fanming Meng
M25 Anning · Round of 16
Apr 13
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–43 matches
| Metric | Chen | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 38% | 60% |
| Sets won | 43% | 60% |
| Games won | 47% | 54% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Chen | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Chen | Kawahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
