Hiroki Moriya and Shintaro Imai will square off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hiroki Moriya who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hiroki Moriya is the pick to win this match.
Hiroki Moriya -> 1.38
Shintaro Imai -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Hiroki Moriya vs. Shintaro Imai
This will be the 2nd time that Hiroki Moriya and Shintaro Imai play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Imai (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Imai won 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Kobe Challenger back in 2019.
Hiroki Moriya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-25 | 28-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 217, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 1-6 7-5 6-1 to Wu in the 2nd round on the 9th of November.
The Japanese has an overall 27-28 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham.
Talking about his overall career, Hiroki has an overall 468-416 record. He has a negative 43-50 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Shintaro Imai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-14 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Purcell in the qualifications on the 9th of October.
Shintaro has an overall 28-12 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Chiang Rai,M15 Chiang Rai and M15 Jakarta.
In terms of his career, Shintaro has an overall 253-142 record. He has a positive 18-9 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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