Antoine Ghibaudo and Masamichi Imamura will play each other in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Antoine Ghibaudo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Antoine Ghibaudo is the pick to win this match.
Antoine Ghibaudo -> 1.52
Masamichi Imamura -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Ghibaudo vs. Masamichi Imamura
There is no head to head record between Antoine Ghibaudo and Masamichi Imamura since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Antoine Ghibaudo
21 - 18win/loss
397
287
LLWWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21-19 | 4-4 | 7-4 | 9-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-20 | 16-11 | 0-1 | 12-7 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-27 | 14-9 | 8-7 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 351, Ghibaudo will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(2) to Simakin in the semifinal on the 8th of August.
Ghibaudo has a compiled 21-18 win-loss record in 2026, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Antoine has an overall 120-97 record. He has a positive 41-31 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Masamichi Imamura
34 - 20win/loss
408
331
LLLLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-26 | 39-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 25-34 | 23-30 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-29 | 48-25 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 36-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, the Japanese will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Pascual in the 1st round on the 21st of July.
Masamichi has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2026, 34-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Tokyo.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 198-140 record. He has a positive 184-127 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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