Yunseong Chung and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT B. 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 Yunseong Chung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yunseong Chung is the pick to win this match.
Yunseong Chung -> 1.55
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Yunseong Chung vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Yunseong Chung and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yunseong Chung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-22 | 20-16 | 5-4 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 23-17 | 7-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-15 | 21-10 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 362, Yunseong reached the qualifications after beating Duckhee Lee 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Hee Lee (6-2 6-0). During the match, Chung scored 56 points vs Hee Lee’s 29. Yunseong was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Chung managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Yunseong Chung conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Chung put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Chung broke Hee Lee 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Chung has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (241-174). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chung has an aggregate16-13 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Yunseong’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
Chung has a compiled 31-23 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 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, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Jonathan Mridha 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Mridha (6-4 7-65). During the match Shimizu scored 71 points vs Mridha’s 62. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Mridha twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Shimizu’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
The Japanese has an aggregate 44-21 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 | Chung | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 |
| Pts | 56-29 | 71-62 |
| Total Points | 85 | 133 |
| Winners | 23 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Chung and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Chung and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Chung played 9 games less than Shimizu. Yunseong scored 23 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu managed to score 34 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chung | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 41/63 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 34/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Chung scored 5 aces . Shimizu blasted 1 ace . Chung won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chung | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 83% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Chung broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Yunseong very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Yuta broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chung | |||
| Q1 Hee Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 56-29 | 56-29 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| Q1 Mridha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 71-62 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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