Shintaro Mochizuki and Rimpei Kawakami will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.53
Rimpei Kawakami -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Rimpei Kawakami
There is no head to head record between Shintaro Mochizuki and Rimpei Kawakami since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-32 | 17-21 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 355, Mochizuki got to the qualifications after defeating Arjun Kadhe 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kadhe, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Mochizuki scored 110 points vs Kadhe’s 102. Mochizuki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mochizuki struck 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the 2nd serve. Mochizuki broke Kadhe 4 times after converting 18% of his break points (4/22).
Mochizuki has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (104-85). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mochizuki has an overall10-11 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Mochizuki’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Matsuyama Challenger.
Shintaro has an overall 35-32 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Rimpei Kawakami
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 13-8 | 22-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-23 | 11-9 | 34-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 14-16 | 10-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 481 (career-high), Rimpei got to the qualifications after defeating Makoto Ochi 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Ochi (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Kawakami scored 90 points vs Ochi’s 83. Rimpei was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kawakami blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rimpei Kawakami lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kawakami put 63% of his first serves in, winning 61% (36/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Rimpei broke Ochi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kawakami’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Doboj,M15 Prijedor and M25 Kashiwa.
Rimpei has an overall 35-14 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mochizuki | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 |
| Pts | 110-102 | 90-83 |
| Total Points | 212 | 173 |
| Winners | 37 | 36 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Mochizuki and Kawakami played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Shintaro Mochizuki conceded 1 set, while Rimpei Kawakami conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Mochizuki and Kawakami have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Mochizuki played 5 games more than Kawakami. Mochizuki scored 37 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kawakami managed to score 36 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mochizuki | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 59/93 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 36/59 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Mochizuki bagged 9 aces . Kawakami blasted 7 aces . Mochizuki won 66% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kawakami won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mochizuki | Kawakami |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/22 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 18% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 18% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rimpei broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mochizuki | |||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 110-102 | 110-102 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 56/93 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/22 | 4/22 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kawakami | |||
| Q1 Ochi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-83 | 90-83 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/93 | 59/93 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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