Jia-Jing Lu vs Rio Kitagawa Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Lu 1 - 0 Kitagawa

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Lu has won 47.19% of points on their second serve, while Kitagawa has won 0%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Lu, in recent form, has won 58.26% of their opponent's second serve points, while Kitagawa has won 0%. The same stats for first serve returns are 42.16% and 0% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Lu has saved 56.96% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Kitagawa has saved 0% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Lu has won 60.81% of matches played (W/L 45/ 29), with Kitagawa winning 0% (W/L 0/ 0) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Lu has their best career surface win % on Hard, winning 60% (W/L 369/ 251), and worse career win % on Grass, winning 22% (W/L 2/ 7). Kitagawa has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 47% (W/L 40/ 45), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 40% (W/L 2/ 3).
• Player level: In the last year, Lu has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 62.32% of matches (W/L 43/ 26), where as Kitagawa has played most of their matches on the , winning 0% of matches (W/L / ). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
• Direct H2H matches: They have played 1 times before with Lu winning 1 times and Kitagawa being victorious 0 times. They have played 2 sets in total, with Lu winning 2 and Kitagawa winning 0. The last match between Lu and Kitagawa was at the Kuching, 31-10-2011, Second, Hard with Jia-Jing Lu getting the victory 6-0 6-0.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 0:0:0.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Lu and Kitagawa have played a deciding set 0 times, with Lu winning 0 times and Kitagawa 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 0 tiebreaks against each other with Lu winning 0, and Kitagawa 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Lu has played against opponents with an average rank of 275.99 while Kitagawa has played against players with an average rank of .
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Lu has won 50% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Kitagawa has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Lu has converted 50.38% of breakpoint opportunities, and Kitagawa has converted 0% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.
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