Aziz Dougaz and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.49
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Aziz Dougaz vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Aziz Dougaz and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-23 | 13-9 | 25-12 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-16 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Dougaz reached the qualifications after beating Cooper Williams 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Williams (6-4 6-4). During the match, Dougaz scored 66 points vs Williams’s 53. Aziz was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dougaz blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aziz Dougaz was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (33/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Tunisian broke Williams twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Dougaz has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (258-162). 4-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dougaz has a compiled169-93 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Tunisian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Monastir.
Dougaz has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
The Tunisian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-22 | 21-19 | 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. 308 (career-high), will start his run in the Waco Challenger after he played his last match in the Waco Challenger where he defeated 2-6 6-4 6-4 to Rybakov in the qualifications on the 26th of February.
Shimizu has a compiled 9-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shimizu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Burnie.
The Japanese won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 191-93 record. He has a positive 142-68 record on hard.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dougaz | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 |
| Pts | 66-53 | 97-91 |
| Total Points | 119 | 188 |
| Winners | 33 | 39 |
| %Winners | 50% | 40% |
Both Dougaz and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuta Shimizu conceded 1 set while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dougaz has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Dougaz played 8 games less than Shimizu. Aziz scored 33 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu managed to score 39 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dougaz | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 61/102 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/36 | 39/61 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 20/41 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 49% |
Dougaz made 6 aces . Shimizu bagged 5 aces . Dougaz won 92% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dougaz | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 29% | 56% |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Dougaz broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Dougaz pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Shimizu broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dougaz | |||
| Q1 Williams |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 66-53 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/36 | 33/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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