Denis Shapovalov and Steve Johnson will square off in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.32
Steve Johnson -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Steve Johnson play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in 2019.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 2-5 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, Shapovalov will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Seoul where he lost 6-4 7-6(5) to Nishioka in the final on the 2nd of October.
Denis has a compiled 24-20 win-loss record in 2022, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Seoul.
Talking about his overall career, The Canadian has an overall 253-163 record. He has a positive 115-72 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, the American will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Seoul where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(3) to Albot in the 2nd round on the 28th of September.
Johnson has an aggregate 27-24 win-loss record in 2022, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Steve’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Sarasota Challenger.
In terms of his career, Steve has an overall 345-272 record. He has a positive 211-158 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-73 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Casper RuudRuud (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 3-6 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-64 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Evans/John PeersEvans/John Peers – Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaHiroki – Yuta ShimizuYuta (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction