Yuta Shimizu and Thomas Fancutt will clash against each other in the quarter of the Burnie Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.32
Thomas Fancutt -> 3.24

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Thomas Fancutt

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Thomas Fancutt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 398, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Maxime Chazal 6-2 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-1 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-1 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 60 points vs Schoolkate’s 34. Shimizu was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu was pretty efficient on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yuta broke Schoolkate 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yuta hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (185-92). 3-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has a composed136-67 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Japanese has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Burnie Challenger

Thomas Fancutt

Ranked no. 490 (career-high), Fancutt reached the quarter after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 3-6 7-6⁴ 7-5 and Shinji Hazawa 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Hazawa, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Fancutt scored 95 points vs Hazawa’s 90. Thomas was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Fancutt blasted 13 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Thomas Fancutt lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Fancutt put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Thomas broke Hazawa 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fancutt has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 49% of the points he played.

Thomas’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Jakarta.

The Australian has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Fancutt
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	6
Tot Games	34	62
Pts	126-85	191-195
Total Points	211	386
Winners	52	91
%Winners	41%	48%

Both Shimizu and Fancutt played 2 matches. At the moment, Thomas Fancutt lost 2 sets while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimizu has played 2 set(s) less than Fancutt (4 vs 6). Therefore, Shimizu played 28 games less than Fancutt. The Japanese scored 52 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Fancutt made 91 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Fancutt
Aces	3	24
Avg per match	1.5	12
1st in	58/101	118/194
%1st in	57%	61%
1st pts	52/58	91/118
%1st pts	90%	77%
2nd pts	21/43	35/76
%2nd pts	49%	46%

Shimizu scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Fancutt managed to score 24 aces (12 per match). Shimizu won 90% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Fancutt won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Fancutt
Won	7	7
Converted	7/15	7/16
% Converted	47%	44%
Conceded	4	16
Saved	4	11
% Saved	100%	69%
Times Broken	0	5

The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Shimizu quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Thomas broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Fancutt conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Chazal	R2 Schoolkate	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	16	34
pts	66-51	60-34	126-85
Total points	117	94	211
Winners	32	20	52
%Winners	48%	33%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	35/57	23/44	58/101
% 1st in	61%	52%	57%
1st pts	32/35	20/23	52/58
% 1st pts	91%	87%	90%
2nd pts	8/22	13/21	21/43
% 2nd pts	36%	62%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/8	4/7	7/15
Converted %	38%	57%	47%
Conceded	3	1	4
Saved	3/3	1/1	4
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Fancutt
	R1 Uchiyama	R2 Hazawa	Total
Score	3-6 7-64 7-5	4-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	34	28	62
pts	96-105	95-90	191-195
Total points	201	185	386
Winners	47	44	91
%Winners	49%	46%	48%
SERVE
Aces	11	13	24
Double Faults	5	7	12
1st in	59/102	59/92	118/194
% 1st in	58%	64%	61%
1st pts	47/59	44/59	91/118
% 1st pts	80%	75%	77%
2nd pts	22/43	13/33	35/76
% 2nd pts	51%	39%	46%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/5	5/11	7/16
Converted %	40%	45%	44%
Conceded	7	9	16
Saved	5/7	6/9	11
Saved %	71%	67%	69%
Times Broken	2	3	5

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