Yuta Shimizu and Marc Polmans will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am 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 Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.83
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 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. 411, Shimizu got to the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-3 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Hijikata (6-3 4-6 7-5). During the match, Shimizu and Hijikata scored the same amount of points (105). However, the world no. 411 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimizu struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Hijikata 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (181-89). 35-17 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a compiled133-63 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Yuta’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
The Japanese has a compiled 42-18 win-loss record in 2022, 35-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Jose Statham 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Statham (6-2 6-2). During the match Polmans scored 63 points vs Statham’s 42. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Polmans scored 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marc Polmans was pretty effective on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marc broke Statham 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Polmans’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 |
| Pts | 105-105 | 63-42 |
| Total Points | 210 | 105 |
| Winners | 45 | 21 |
| %Winners | 43% | 33% |
Both Shimizu and Polmans played 1 match. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu dropped 1 set while Marc Polmans hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set more than Polmans (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shimizu played 15 games more than Polmans. Shimizu scored 45 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 21 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 22/41 |
| %1st in | 65% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 21/22 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 95% |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Shimizu managed to score 3 aces . Polmans scored 5 aces . Shimizu won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 95% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Yuta broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yuta lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-105 | 105-105 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/102 | 66/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 17/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Statham |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Luke SavilleSaville – Ajeet RaiRai (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
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- Alex BoltBolt – Dane SweenySweeny (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Colin SinclairSinclair (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Omar JasikaJasika (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – James DuckworthDuckworth (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Blake EllisEllis (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Jeremy BealeBeale (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Li TuTu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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- Jordan SmithSmith – Yuichiro InuiInui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
