ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · RISE IRENE OPEN
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Alkaya
🛡️ The Spoiler
Takahashi
🎾 All-Court
Matchup analysis
The 🎾 All-Court archetype wins about 55% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 513 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Yusuke Takahashi here.
All-Court players often use tactical versatility and net approach ability to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. 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 | Alkaya | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–4 | 6–9 |
| Avg odds | 2.29 | 2.21 |
| ROI % | -10.8% | -22.7% |
| Units P/L | -0.97u | -3.40u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
First career meeting
Alkaya and Takahashi have never faced each other on tour.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Alkaya and Takahashi posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Alkaya | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Jay Clarke | L 36 16 | L 46 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Alkaya | Takahashi |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 53.4% | 65.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 67.2% | 67.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.5% | 52.6% |
| Aces / Match | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 56.1% | 48% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.7% | 32% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.3% | 49.4% |
| BP Converted % | 40% | 34.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19.9 | 18.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 28.6 | 34.7 |
| Net Pts Won % | 66.3% | 64.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 48.9% | 50% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 71% | 40% |
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Match summary
Mert Alkaya and Yusuke Takahashi meet in the Round of 32 of the RISE IRENE OPEN on May 25, with outdoor hard courts as the stage. Alkaya, ranked 321st, has not faced Takahashi before. The two players arrived after competing only once each in the prior two weeks, both entering on one day of rest.
The head-to-head record remains blank at 0-0. Both players have dropped their last match and won two of their five most recent outings. Alkaya has posted a 60% win rate on hard courts across his recent sample; Takahashi sits at 40% on the surface. Both fell to Jay Clarke in separate encounters.
Alkaya operates as a disruption player, mixing pace and angles to unsettle opponents. Takahashi is a versatile court player who moves between baseline and net with tactical flexibility. Alkaya will need to sustain pressure on hard courts to control tempo, while Takahashi must sharpen his consistency and positioning to neutralize Alkaya's timing.
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