Yosuke Watanuki #138 def. Arthur Rinderknech #59

6-3 6-3 6-2

Yosuke Watanuki defeated Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-3 6-2 in the 2023 Australian Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 18, 2023*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2023
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 1h 43m

Match Statistics

Stat	Yosuke Watanuki	Arthur Rinderknech
Aces	10	8
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	65	62
First serve points won %	85	66
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	—	62
Break points converted %	38	—
Service points won %	74	58
Return points won %	42	26
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Yosuke Watanuki	Arthur Rinderknech
Country	JPN	FRA
Birth date	Apr 12, 1998	Jul 23, 1995
Age	24	27
Height	180 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	138	59
Ranking points (entering)	413	807
Elo (entering)	1,687	1,804
Current career W-L	18–23	112–124
Current career earnings	$1,583,945	$7,618,323

Pre-match H2H

Yosuke Watanuki #138 0 – 0 Arthur Rinderknech #59

Path

Yosuke Watanuki's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Pablo Varillas #103	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2023	Q3
Mikhail Kukushkin #196	4-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2023	Q2
Philip Sekulic #546	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2023	Q1

Yosuke Watanuki's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sebastian Korda #31	2-6 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2023	R64

Arthur Rinderknech's path

No prior matches in this tournament.