Sho Katayama vs Takao Suzuki Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Katayama 2 - 2 Suzuki

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Katayama has won 48.15% of points on their second serve, while Suzuki 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 Suzuki 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 Suzuki 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 Suzuki 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). Suzuki has their best career surface win % on Hard, winning 59% (W/L 238/ 165), and worse career win % on Clay, winning 39% (W/L 22/ 35).
• 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 Suzuki 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 4 times before with Katayama winning 2 times and Suzuki being victorious 2 times. They have played 10 sets in total, with Katayama winning 6 and Suzuki winning 4. The last match between Katayama and Suzuki was at the Japan F8, 23-06-2014, Second, Clay with Sho Katayama getting the victory 7-5 6-0.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 0:27:56.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Katayama and Suzuki have played a deciding set 2 times, with Katayama winning 0 times and Suzuki 2 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 3 tiebreaks against each other with Katayama winning 0, and Suzuki 3.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Katayama has played against opponents with an average rank of 78.33 while Suzuki 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 Suzuki has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Katayama has converted 71.43% of breakpoint opportunities, and Suzuki 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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