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Hiroki Moriya #480Japan2Taisei Ichikawa #746Japan0

Sets 6-4 · 6-4Sun 25 Oct 2026, 08:30 Predictions gradedQ1Hard

Predictions5–183%

Edges0–10%

Player Profiles

Ranking advantageHiroki Moriya · 266 places

Hiroki Moriya

Japan

Moriya, 35, is a right-hander whose preferred surface is hard. His career-high singles ranking was No. 143 in January 2015.

Current ranking: #480
Peak ranking: #143 · 2015
Current age: 35
Preferred surface: Carpet
Hand: Right handed
Height: 168 cm

Taisei Ichikawa

Japan

Left-handed player with a documented career-high ranking of No. 287 in November 2025. The requested sources did not establish a reliable preferred-surface claim or a current injury/decline narrative.

Current ranking: #746
Peak ranking: #287 · 2025
Current age: 25
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Left handed
Height: 180 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 24 Oct 2026, 20:35 · Europe/Bucharest

Ningbo qualifying sets a higher-ranked Moriya against a left-hander playing his fourth match in four days, and the recent form lines point opposite ways.

Moriya's ranking and his 6-3 6-3 win in their only meeting make him the likelier winner, but 1.38 demands more than a 1-3 run supports. Ichikawa at 3 is the one quoted price that offers something.

Context

Ichikawa's first-set record is the sharpest split between the two players in this match.
Ichikawa's 10-4 first-set record on hard courts since 1 September is the clearest early-stage edge either player owns. Moriya has won only six of 15 first sets in his own sample, so a slow start is a live risk for the higher-ranked player. The caveat is sample size: 14 matches, with first-set tiebreaks in only four of them.
- Won 10 of 14 first sets in completed best-of-three hard-court matches between 1 September and 24 October 2026.
- Four of those 14 matches featured a first-set tiebreak.
The previous match was a hard-court quarter-final in Takasaki in September 2024, won by Moriya in straight sets. It provides the only direct match reference between these players. The result came more than two years before this Ningbo qualifying match and does not establish either player’s current condition or level.
- Moriya defeated Ichikawa 6-3, 6-3 in the Takasaki quarter-final on 20 September 2024.
ConfirmedSources checked 24 Oct 2026, 20:34 · Europe/BucharestMoriya v Ichikawa head-to-head recordmatchstat.com · 24 Oct 2026
The 07:00 Court 7 listing places this fixture in the opening round of Ningbo qualifying on 25 October. It identifies the immediate tournament setting for both players. As both are assigned the same slot, the schedule itself does not show an unequal turnaround or availability issue.
- The match is listed for 07:00 on Court 7 on 25 October in Ningbo qualifying.
ConfirmedSources checked 24 Oct 2026, 20:34 · Europe/BucharestNingbo match listingen.tennistemple.com · 24 Oct 2026
Moriya's 15-match hard-court sample from 27 July to 18 October 2026 contains five 2-0 wins, six 0-2 losses and only four three-set matches. The 20.8-game average shows how rarely those sets went deep. That pattern points to short matches but cuts both ways, since it records Moriya being beaten quickly as often as winning quickly.
- 11 of 15 completed hard-court matches finished in straight sets (five 2-0 wins, six 0-2 losses).
- Average of 20.8 total games per match across 15 matches between 27 July and 18 October 2026.

BetBugs edges

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BetBugs probabilities

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Result1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Moriya is higher ranked, won their previous hard-court meeting and has faced stronger recent opposition with more rest.
- Ranked 480 to Ichikawa's 746.
- Won the only prior meeting 6-3 6-3 on hard in 2024.
- Recent opponents mostly ranked 196-478, while Ichikawa's recent wins came against lower-ranked or unranked players.
- Had a seven-day rest after his last match; Ichikawa played four matches in four days before this.
BetBugs · Match WinnerwonHiroki MoriyaEstimated chance58%

Games1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Straight-set finishes are common for both, and their average match totals sit around or below 21.5 games.
- Moriya's hard-court matches average 20.8 total games, below the line.
- Ichikawa's 14 hard matches average 21.4 total games, also close to the line.
- Straight-set finishes make up 10 of Ichikawa's 14 and 11 of Moriya's 15 hard-court matches.
BetBugs · Total GameswonUnder 21.5Estimated chance56%

Sets1 of 2 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
Straight-set finishes are the more common outcome in both players' recent hard-court records.
- Moriya's hard-court matches went to a third set 4 of 15 times; Ichikawa's 4 of 14.
- Scorelines: Moriya 11 straight-set matches, Ichikawa 10 straight-set matches in hard-court evidence.
- Both average about 2.27-2.29 sets per hard-court match.
BetBugs · Total SetswonUnder 2.5Estimated chance64%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Ichikawa has been the stronger first-set player on hard, winning nearly three-quarters of his recent first sets.
- Won 10 of 14 first sets on hard in best-of-three.
- Won the first set in four of his last six completed matches.
- Moriya has lost nine of 15 first sets on hard.
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerlostTaisei IchikawaEstimated chance54%

Match stats1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
Tiebreaks appeared in fewer than a third of both players' recent hard-court matches.
- Moriya's hard-court matches had a tiebreak 4 of 15 times; Ichikawa's 4 of 14.
- Moriya has 0 first-set tiebreaks in the sample; Ichikawa has 0 second-set tiebreaks.
- Moriya's average first-set total is 8.5 games; Ichikawa's is 10.1.
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchwonNoEstimated chance72%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
The combined average is only slightly above 4.5, and Ichikawa's low double-fault rate pulls the total down.
- Moriya averages 2.9 double faults per match; Ichikawa 1.7.
- Combined average is 4.6, just above the line.
- Moriya has the higher double-fault rate of the two.
BetBugs · Total Double Faultsnot gradableUnder 4.5Estimated chance53%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Not priced
The read
The combined ace average sits just above 5.5, so either side is close.
- Moriya averages 2.7 aces per match; Ichikawa 2.9.
- Combined average is 5.6 aces per match, just above the line.
- Neither player averages more than three aces per match.
BetBugs · Total Acesnot gradableOver 5.5Estimated chance51%

Hiroki Moriya

7W 8L

6-2 6-3#388Omar Jasika

6-2 6-3#478Keisuke Saitoh

3-6 7-6(5) 6-3#196Keegan Smith

6-4 6-4#388Omar Jasika

6-0 6-4—Jilong Huang

6-4 5-7 6-3#445Blake Ellis

5-7 7-5 7-6(3)#376Yuta Shimizu

6-3 7-6(4)#488Maximus Jones

4-6 6-1 6-2#620Dominik Palan

6-1 7-6(2)#382Kasidit Samrej

6-1 6-1#670S D Prajwal Dev

6-1 6-3#865Grigoriy Lomakin

6-2 6-2#353Tung-Lin Wu

6-3 6-1#826Kousuke Ogura

6-2 6-0#272Jay Dylan Hara Friend

Taisei Ichikawa

8W 7L

4-6 6-1 6-4#646Ergi Kirkin

6-4 6-3—Lorenzo Lorusso

6-7(4) 6-4 6-3—Noah Karma

7-5 6-3#1909Ren Nakamura

7-6(4) 6-4—Blake Bayldon

1-6 6-2 6-2#568Nino Ehrenschneider

6-2 6-1—Yuquan Jin

7-6(2) 6-1#1862Anthony Susanto

7-5 6-3#609Timofei Derepasko

6-2 6-2—Nikita Ianin

6-7(8) 7-5 6-2—Benjamin O'Connell

6-4 6-1—Noritaka Koizumi

6-0 6-1#655Ryuki Matsuda

6-1 7-5#885Jerry Roddick

4-6 7-6(3) 10-5#875Hiromasa Koyama

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

HMHiroki MoriyaMoriya

Last 15

3–5

9 core stats · 1 even

Taisei IchikawaIchikawaTI

Taisei Ichikawa carries the stronger recent form — Hiroki Moriya's route runs through serve.

Serve · 2–2 · 1 even

1st Serve In60.7%+6.0pp66.7%

1st Serve Won67.7%+1.6pp66.1%

2nd Serve Won52.6%+1.6pp51.0%

Aces / Match2.7—2.9

Double Faults / Match2.91.2 fewer1.7

Return · 0–1

Return Pts Won40.2%+2.0pp42.2%

Pressure · 1–1

Break Pts Converted44.7%+2.6pp42.1%

Break Pts Saved57.6%+7.6pp65.2%

Points · 0–1

Total Pts Won50.6%+1.0pp51.6%

Serve · 2–2 · 1 even

60.7%1st Serve In+6.0pp66.7%

67.7%1st Serve Won+1.6pp66.1%

52.6%2nd Serve Won+1.6pp51.0%

2.7Aces / Match—2.9

2.9Double Faults / Match1.2 fewer1.7

Return · 0–1

40.2%Return Pts Won+2.0pp42.2%

Pressure · 1–1

44.7%Break Pts Converted+2.6pp42.1%

57.6%Break Pts Saved+7.6pp65.2%

Points · 0–1

50.6%Total Pts Won+1.0pp51.6%