James Watt vs Seita Watanabe — Zhangjiagang CH Qualifying Round 1

Zhangjiagang CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
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James Watt
#678ATP
1328ELO
1322Hard ELO
26 yrs · 206 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 August 2025
hard
JPN
Seita Watanabe
#1705ATP
25 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Watt J.
6-3 6-4
Watanabe S.
Watt J.
662
Watanabe S.
340

James Watt defeated Seita Watanabe 6-3 6-4 in the Zhangjiagang CH qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: James Watt closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Watt J.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Watanabe S.

Watanabe S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Watt J.

Serve advantage — Watt J.

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
Watt J.Watanabe S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
69%
55%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
75%
59%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
52%
40%
Service points won·Clear edge
68%
50%
Return points won·Even
34%
35%
Break points saved·Clear edge
57%
33%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.1
3.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.4
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (39 vs 7). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Watt J.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Watanabe S.
3.6
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 133 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
4.0
Surface form
4.0
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 5
Fatigue & Travel
8.6
Minutes 14d
9.0
Prev. match
Surface transition
6.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Q2
Huang T.[5]
Nam J.[11]
6-26-4
Charlton J.
Santillan A.[8]
7-645-76-4
Uesugi K.
Watt J.[7]
6-26-3
Kikuchi Y.[9]
Chen C.
6-46-3
Peliwo F.[4]
Liu H.
6-46-0
Uchida K.[6]
Yuzuki T.
6-46-2
Q1
Nam J.[11]
Kaliyanda Poonacha N.
6-40-0
Huang T.[5]
Nakagawa S.
6-36-4
Yuzuki T.
Leong M.[10]
6-33-66-2
Uesugi K.
Delaney J.[2]
W/O
Charlton J.
Rai A.[3]
6-41-0
Chen C.
Samrej K.[1]
1-66-44-0
Kikuchi Y.[9]
Tajima N.
6-37-5
Watt J.[7]
Watanabe S.
6-36-4
Santillan A.[8]
Zeng Y.
6-36-1
Peliwo F.[4]
Wang A.
6-26-1
Liu H.
Kusuhara Y.[12]
6-36-2
Uchida K.[6]
Sun Q.
6-16-3