Yuta Shimizu and Alafia Ayeni will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.23
Alafia Ayeni -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Alafia Ayeni
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Alafia Ayeni since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 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. 199 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Yokkaichi Challenger after he won the title in the Yokohama Challenger after beating 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 Tu in the final.
Yuta has a compiled 37-28 win-loss record in 2024, 33-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Yokohama Challenger where he defeated Li Tu in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.
Shimizu won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 255-143 record. He has a positive 201-113 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Alafia Ayeni
31 - 32win/loss
480
395
LWLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-32 | 25-22 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 12-10 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 480, the American reached the 1st round after beating Thanapet Chanta 6-3 6-4.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 San Diego and M25 Astana.
Alafia has a composed 31-32 win-loss record in 2024, 25-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Philip HenningHenning – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
