ATP Challenger Tour · 1st Round Qualifying · Kobe
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Santillan
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ichikawa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Akira Santillan and Taisei Ichikawa are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit. Across 2,920 matches in our dataset, the historical split is about even.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Santillan | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–6 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 3.01 | 3.22 |
| ROI % | -9.6% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -0.86u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Santillan
0
Ichikawa
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Santillan has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Ichikawa's 0%).
| Opponent | Santillan | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Masamichi Imamura | W 60 62 | L 36 76 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Santillan | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 53.6% | 61.3% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 69.2% | 61.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 45.5% | 41.9% |
| Aces / Match | 5.3 | 3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4.8 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.1% | 53.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 22.2% | 47.5% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 43.3% | 50% |
| BP Converted % | 33.1% | 66.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 14.5 | 40 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 32.7 | 61 |
| Net Pts Won % | 59.6% | 57.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 45.7% | 51.4% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 50% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Zsombor Piros
Bratislava Open · Round of 32
Jun 10
Marko Bekeni
Bratislava Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Abdullah Shelbayh
Bratislava Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Alexander Donski
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 2
Devin Badenhorst
RISE IRENE OPEN · Round of 32
May 26
Masamichi Imamura
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 30
Yuta Shimizu
Bangkok Open 1 · Round of 32
Jan 6
Lorenzo Sciahbasi
Bangkok Open 1 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jan 5
Yuki Mochizuki
Bangkok Open 1 · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 4
Blaise Bicknell
Playford · 2nd Round Qualifying
Nov 24
Matchup overview
Akira Santillan and Taisei Ichikawa face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Kobe on Hard.
Akira Santillan leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Akira Santillan is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Zsombor Piros (Jun 10).
Taisei Ichikawa is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Masamichi Imamura (Mar 30).
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