Gengo Kikuchi vs Sho Katayama — Toyota CH Qualifying Round 2

Toyota CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
JPN
Gengo Kikuchi
34 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 14 November 2016
hard
JPN6
Sho Katayama
#1486ATP
37 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Kikuchi G.
6-3 3-6 6-3
Katayama S.
Kikuchi G.
6362
Katayama S.
3631

Gengo Kikuchi defeated Sho Katayama 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the Toyota CH qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sho Katayama came in defending last year's quarter-final, but Gengo Kikuchi had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 7 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Gengo Kikuchi closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kikuchi G.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Katayama S.

Katayama S.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Kikuchi G.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Kikuchi G.Katayama S.
1st serve in·Even
68%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
56%
Service points won·Even
60%
61%
Return points won·Even
35%
32%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.3
1.5
Double faults / match·Even
1.4
1.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (7 vs 10). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Q3
Takeuchi K.[4]
Kikuchi G.
6-36-2
Lim Y.[3]
Kondo H.
6-46-2
Przysiezny M.[2]
Betov S.[7]
3-66-26-1
Shyla Y.[8]
Lee K.[1]
7-647-5
Q2
Lee K.[1]
Shimizu Y.
6-16-3
Kikuchi G.
Katayama S.[6]
6-33-66-3
Takeuchi K.[4]
Onozawa A.
7-626-2
Kondo H.
Kim Y.[5]
6-46-4
Lim Y.[3]
Kobayashi M.
6-26-3
Betov S.[7]
Okamura I.
4-67-56-3
Przysiezny M.[2]
Imai S.
7-626-2
Shyla Y.[8]
Onoda K.
6-36-4
Q1
Katayama S.[6]
Gonzales R.
6-27-67
Kikuchi G.
Chung Y.
7-56-4
Onozawa A.
Onishi K.
6-36-4
Takeuchi K.[4]
Wu T.
6-36-1
Kim Y.[5]
Sasai M.
6-17-5
Kondo H.
Ito Y.
6-36-4
Kobayashi M.
Tanuma R.
6-36-3
Lim Y.[3]
Shimabukuro S.
4-66-36-1
Betov S.[7]
Uesugi K.
6-26-1
Okamura I.
Moritani S.
7-56-2
Imai S.
Takeshima S.
6-44-66-3
Przysiezny M.[2]
Tokuda R.
4-66-46-3
Shyla Y.[8]
Hung J.
6-46-4
Onoda K.
Noguchi R.
4-66-16-2
Shimizu Y.
Mochizuki Y.
3-66-46-3
Lee K.[1]
Tashiro Y.
6-36-0