ATP Challenger Tour · 2nd Round Qualifying · Playford
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Bicknell
⚔️ The Gladiator
Ichikawa
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 55% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 3,727 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Taisei Ichikawa here.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Bicknell | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–5 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.51 | 3.22 |
| ROI % | +3.7% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.37u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
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Bicknell
0
Ichikawa
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Bicknell | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 65% | 61.3% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.8% | 61.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.7% | 41.9% |
| Aces / Match | 3.5 | 3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4.7 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 65% | 53.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 37.3% | 47.5% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.3% | 50% |
| BP Converted % | 41.1% | 66.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 24 | 40 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 34.1 | 61 |
| Net Pts Won % | 65.8% | 57.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.8% | 51.4% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 56% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Tristan Schoolkate
Mexico City Open presentado por Banco BX+ · Round of 32
Apr 7
Adrian Mannarino
Arizona Tennis Classic · Round of 16
Mar 12
Mitchell Krueger
Arizona Tennis Classic · Round of 32
Mar 11
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski
Arizona Tennis Classic · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 10
Andres Martin
Arizona Tennis Classic · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 9
Masamichi Imamura
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 29
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
Blaise Bicknell and Taisei Ichikawa face off in the 2nd Round Qualifying at Playford on Hard.
Blaise Bicknell leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Blaise Bicknell is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Tristan Schoolkate (Apr 7).
Taisei Ichikawa is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Masamichi Imamura (Mar 29).
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