ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 64 · Kobe
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Watanabe
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Shintaro Imai and Seita Watanabe are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit. Across 4,672 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 | Imai | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | - |
| ROI % | +7.8% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Imai
0
Watanabe
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Imai | Watanabe |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.7% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 81.5% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.8% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 4.8 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 46.1% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 38.9% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 55.8% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 41.4% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 59.8% | 0% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 53% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
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Matchup overview
Shintaro Imai and Seita Watanabe face off in the Round of 64 at Kobe on Hard.
Shintaro Imai leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Shintaro Imai is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Jun 18).
Seita Watanabe is 0-5 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Samuele Pieri (Mar 1).
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