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Prajnesh Gunneswaran #109 def. Yosuke Watanuki #192

6-7(5) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 6-4
Loser	Yosuke Watanuki
Duration	2h 10m

Stat	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	Yosuke Watanuki
Aces	1	7
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	68	66
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	65	50
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	Yosuke Watanuki
Country	IND	JPN
Birth date	Nov 12, 1989	Apr 12, 1998
Age	29	20
Height	188	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	109	192
Ranking points (entering)	515	263
Elo (entering)	1,588	1,602
Career W-L	7–21	18–23
Career earnings	$959,286	$1,578,905

Pre-match H2H

Prajnesh Gunneswaran 0 – 0 Yosuke Watanuki

Path

Prajnesh Gunneswaran's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2019	Q2	Enrique Lopez Perez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2019	Q1	Viktor Galovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Prajnesh Gunneswaran's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Frances Tiafoe	6-7(7) 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yosuke Watanuki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2019	Q2	Matthias Bachinger	7-6(5) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2019	Q1	Soonwoo Kwon	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data