Max Purcell and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COLOSSEUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
Max Purcell -> 1.34
Yuta Shimizu -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 298, Purcell got to the qualifications after beating Shintaro Imai 4-6 7-65 7-5.
In the qualifications against Imai, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-5). During the match, Purcell scored 111 points vs Imai’s 106. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 78% (31/40) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Imai twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (200-154). 11-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed140-105 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Max has an aggregate 26-24 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 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. 450, Shimizu reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Jarry 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-4 6-4). During the match Shimizu scored 60 points vs Jarry’s 55. Shimizu was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 57% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Jarry 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
Yuta has an overall 39-16 win-loss record in 2022, 32-15 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Tokyo
Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 111-106 | 60-55 |
| Total Points | 217 | 115 |
| Winners | 42 | 21 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Purcell and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Purcell dropped 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Shimizu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Purcell played 15 games more than Shimizu. Purcell scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu struck 21 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 34/60 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 21/34 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 31/40 | 17/26 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 65% |
Purcell scored 7 aces . Shimizu recorded 2 aces . Purcell won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 20% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Max broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| Q1 Imai | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 111-106 | 111-106 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/100 | 60/100 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| Q1 Jarry | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 60-55 | 60-55 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/60 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 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 | |
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