H2H, prediction of Yuta Shimizu vs Yuki Mochizuki in Playford Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 24th October 2024

PREVIEW. Playford Challenger. Shimizu and Mochizuki will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 24th of October

Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yuki Mochizuki

Yuta Shimizu and Yuki Mochizuki will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.23
Yuki Mochizuki -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yuki Mochizuki

This will be the 5th time that Yuta Shimizu and Yuki Mochizuki clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Shimizu and Mochizuki (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shimizu won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in M15 Jakarta back in 2022.

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu
Yuta Shimizu

26 - 25win/loss

Hard
22-22
I Hard
4-3
Rank
217
High
203
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-28 29-24 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0
2023 36-24 35-23 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 44-23 36-21 7-1 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-12 12-8 0-0 5-4 1-0 0-0
2020 11-1 6-1 0-0 5-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 247, Shimizu got to the 2nd round after defeating Blake Mott 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Mott (6-3 7-5). During the match, Shimizu scored 71 points vs Mott’s 54. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 72% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Mott 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (244-140). 22-22 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has a compiled190-111 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Shimizu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

The Japanese has a compiled 26-25 win-loss record in 2024, 22-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Shimizu
Playford Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Yuki Mochizuki

Yuki Mochizuki
Yuki Mochizuki

17 - 17win/loss

Hard
12-13
I Hard
1-2
Clay
4-2
Rank
676
High
471
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-20 16-16 4-2 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 30-26 21-23 9-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 33-20 18-12 14-7 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-8 15-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 6-2 6-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 805, Mochizuki got to the 2nd round after beating Naoki Tajima 6-1 6-1 and Hikaru Shiraishi 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Yuki had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-4 6-4). During the match Mochizuki scored 71 points vs Shiraishi’s 65. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Mochizuki fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuki Mochizuki lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Mochizuki broke Shiraishi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Japanese has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2024, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Mochizuki
Playford Challenger
Mochizuki's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Shimizu
Y.Mochizuki
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
!
2h:23
2h:23
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
60
60
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
71
71
Total points​
128
128
71
71
Avg point​
42.7
42.7
38
38
Winners
49
49
38
38
Avg Winners​
16.3
16.3
54%
54%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
8
8
4
4
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
38/49
38/49
1st won total​
49/72
49/72
!
78%
78%
1st won %
68%
68%
8/19
8/19
2nd won total​
20/39
20/39
42%
42%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
10/17
10/17
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
3.3/5.7
3.3/5.7
50%
50%
Won
!
59%
59%
5
5
Conceded
10
10
5
5
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shimizu Mochizuki
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 21 34
Pts 71-54 128-92
Total Points 125 220
Winners 38 49
%Winners 54% 38%

Shimizu played 1 match while Mochizuki competed in 2 matches. Mochizuki started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shimizu has played 2 set(s) less than Mochizuki (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shimizu played 13 games less than Mochizuki. Shimizu scored 38 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki managed to score 49 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shimizu Mochizuki
Aces 4 8
Avg per match 4 4
1st in 49/68 72/111
%1st in 72% 65%
1st pts 38/49 49/72
%1st pts 78% 68%
2nd pts 8/19 20/39
%2nd pts 42% 51%

Shimizu bagged 4 aces . Mochizuki struck 8 aces (4 per match). Shimizu won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shimizu Mochizuki
Won 4 10
Converted 4/8 10/17
% Converted 50% 59%
Conceded 5 10
Saved 3 7
% Saved 60% 70%
Times Broken 2 3

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mochizuki broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
R1
Mott
Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 71-54 71-54
Total points 125 125
Winners 38 38
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 49/68 49/68
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 38/49 38/49
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 8/19 8/19
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Mochizuki
Q1
Tajima
Q3
Tkemaladze
R1
Shiraishi
Total
Score 6-1 6-1 7-62 7-62 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 14 26 20 60
pts 57-27 71-65 128-92
Total points 84 0 136 220
Winners 17 32 49
%Winners 30% 0% 45% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 0 4 8
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 24/41 / 48/70 72/111
% 1st in 59% 0% 69% 65%
1st pts 17/24 / 32/48 49/72
% 1st pts 71% 0% 67% 68%
2nd pts 10/17 / 10/22 20/39
% 2nd pts 59% 0% 45% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/8 / 4/9 10/17
Converted % 75% 0% 44% 59%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 2/3 0/ 5/7 7
Saved % 67% 71% 138%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shimizu
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Mochizuki
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2024 2023 2022
34 - 28
21 - 20
30-24
Hard
16-16
4-4
I Hard
1-2
0-0
Clay
4-2

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