Nicholas David Ionel and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 16. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.7
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicholas David Ionel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 0-2 | 31-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 7-7 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-33 | 17-9 | 48-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-33 | 14-4 | 33-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 16-8 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241 (career-high), Nicholas will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Ferreira Silva in the 1st round on the 31st of October.
David Ionel has a compiled 62-29 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.
Talking about his overall career, Nicholas has an overall 159-88 record. He has a positive 43-20 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Nicholas has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-13 | 13-10 | 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. 404, Shimizu reached the 1st round after beating Yusuke Takahashi 5-7 6-0 6-1.
Yuta’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
Shimizu has a compiled 43-20 win-loss record in 2022, 36-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Yusuke KusuharaKusuhara (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Li TuTu – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – John MillmanMillman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Sho KatayamaKatayama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction