Sho Katayama vs Greg Jones Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Katayama 1 - 0 Jones

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Katayama has won 48.15% of points on their second serve, while Jones has won 0%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Katayama, in recent form, has won 66.67% of their opponent's second serve points, while Jones has won 0%. The same stats for first serve returns are 28.3% and 0% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Katayama has saved 25% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Jones has saved 0% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Katayama has won 33.33% of matches played (W/L 1/ 2), with Jones winning 0% (W/L 0/ 0) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Katayama has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 61% (W/L 14/ 9), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 50% (W/L 4/ 4). Jones has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 61% (W/L 50/ 32), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 47% (W/L 14/ 16).
• Player level: In the last year, Katayama has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 50% of matches (W/L 1/ 1), where as Jones 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 Katayama winning 1 times and Jones being victorious 0 times. They have played 2 sets in total, with Katayama winning 2 and Jones winning 0. The last match between Katayama and Jones was at the Toyota Challenger, 25-11-2015, Second, Carpet with Sho Katayama getting the victory 7-5 7-6(5).
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 1:57:30.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Katayama and Jones have played a deciding set 0 times, with Katayama winning 0 times and Jones 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 1 tiebreaks against each other with Katayama winning 1, and Jones 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Katayama has played against opponents with an average rank of 78.33 while Jones 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, Katayama has won 0% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Jones has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Katayama has converted 71.43% of breakpoint opportunities, and Jones 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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