Koki Matsuda and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.108
Koki Matsuda -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Koki Matsuda vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Koki Matsuda and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Koki Matsuda
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 15-13 | 8-4 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 18-21 | 18-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Arjun Kadhe 7-61 6-2.
In the qualifications, Matsuda had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (7-61 6-2). During the match, Matsuda scored 75 points vs Kadhe’s 64. Koki was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Matsuda struck 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Koki Matsuda lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Matsuda put 70% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Matsuda broke Kadhe 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Matsuda has a fantastic match record in the last 1 years having won 75% of his matches (3-1). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Matsuda has an overall3-1 record in the last 1 years on hard.
Matsuda has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Yusuke Takahashi 5-7 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications against Takahashi, Yuta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-0 6-1). During the match Shimizu scored 89 points vs Takahashi’s 55. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Shimizu struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Shimizu put 74% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Takahashi 9 times after converting 64% of his break points (9/14).
Shimizu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
Shimizu has a compiled 43-19 win-loss record in 2022, 36-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Matsuda | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
Pts | 75-64 | 89-55 |
Total Points | 139 | 144 |
Winners | 35 | 34 |
%Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Matsuda and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuta Shimizu lost 1 set while Koki Matsuda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Matsuda has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Matsuda played 4 games less than Shimizu. Matsuda scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 34 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Matsuda | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 2 |
Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
1st in | 48/69 | 45/61 |
%1st in | 70% | 74% |
1st pts | 35/48 | 34/45 |
%1st pts | 73% | 76% |
2nd pts | 8/21 | 6/16 |
%2nd pts | 38% | 38% |
Matsuda struck 6 aces . Shimizu scored 2 aces . Matsuda won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Matsuda | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 9 |
Converted | 4/10 | 9/14 |
% Converted | 40% | 64% |
Conceded | 9 | 4 |
Saved | 7 | 0 |
% Saved | 78% | 0% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Koki broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
Matsuda | |||
Q1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-61 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
pts | 75-64 | 75-64 | |
Total points | 139 | 139 | |
Winners | 35 | 35 | |
%Winners | 47% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 48/69 | 48/69 | |
% 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Shimizu | |||
Q1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 5-7 6-0 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
pts | 89-55 | 89-55 | |
Total points | 144 | 144 | |
Winners | 34 | 34 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
% 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
% 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 9 | 9 | |
Converted | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 0/4 | 0 | |
Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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