Takuto Niki vs Toshihide Matsui — Taipei CH Round of 32

Taipei CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
JPN
Takuto Niki
38 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 April 2015
hard
JPN
Toshihide Matsui
48 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Niki T.
4-6 7-6 6-3
Matsui T.
Niki T.
47762
Matsui T.
66531

Takuto Niki defeated Toshihide Matsui 4-6 7-6 6-3 in the Taipei CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Toshihide Matsui came in defending last year's round of 16, but Takuto Niki had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 10 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Niki T.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Matsui T.

Matsui T.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Niki T.

Serve advantage — Niki T.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Niki T.Matsui T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
62%
60%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
31%
Break points saved·Even
57%
58%
Aces / match·Even
4.9
5.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.4
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (80 vs 71). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Groth S.[2]
Kravchuk K.
6-756-47-63
Semi-finals
Kravchuk K.
Ebden M.
6-737-647-64
Groth S.[2]
Bhambri Y.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Groth S.[2]
Ito T.[5]
6-27-64
Kravchuk K.
Lu Y.[1]
7-644-67-5
Ebden M.
Marchenko I.[7]
6-36-4
Bhambri Y.
Soeda G.[3]
6-43-66-3
R16
Kravchuk K.
Harrison R.[6]
0-1
Groth S.[2]
Smith J.
7-637-62
Ito T.[5]
Moriya H.
6-36-3
Lu Y.[1]
Niki T.
6-16-3
Ebden M.
Lacko L.[4]
7-56-3
Marchenko I.[7]
Kudla D.
6-07-5
Bhambri Y.
Wang J.[8]
6-36-1
Soeda G.[3]
Barton M.
6-736-36-4
R32
Moriya H.
Myneni S.
5-2
Barton M.
Wang C.
6-36-2
Soeda G.[3]
Ho C.
6-26-0
Ito T.[5]
Nielsen F.
6-26-3
Niki T.
Matsui T.
4-67-656-3
Wang J.[8]
Ramanathan R.
2-66-37-64
Ebden M.
Corrie E.
6-46-2
Lu Y.[1]
Chen T.
7-666-2
Kravchuk K.
Jung J.
6-757-56-3
Harrison R.[6]
Yi C.
6-36-4
Lacko L.[4]
Klein B.
6-36-4
Kudla D.
Hung J.
6-26-4
Marchenko I.[7]
Udomchoke D.
6-37-5
Bhambri Y.
Kibi Y.
6-14-66-3
Smith J.
Yu C.
6-46-3
Groth S.[2]
Zhang Z.
7-636-4