Alexis Galarneau and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO MAGICO. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.59
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Luca Lemaitre 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Lemaitre (6-3 6-1). During the match, Galarneau scored 61 points vs Lemaitre’s 36. Alexis was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Galarneau fired 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Alexis Galarneau was very effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian broke Lemaitre 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Galarneau has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (114-94). 3-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Galarneau has an aggregate65-48 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Canadian has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-27 | 28-24 | 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. 309, Yuta got to the 2nd round after beating Gabriel Diallo 4-6 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round against Diallo, Shimizu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Shimizu scored 124 points vs Diallo’s 114. Shimizu was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Shimizu fired 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (15/43) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Diallo 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie.
Yuta has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 |
| Pts | 61-36 | 124-114 |
| Total Points | 97 | 238 |
| Winners | 20 | 44 |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% |
Both Galarneau and Shimizu played 1 match. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu lost 1 set while Alexis Galarneau hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Galarneau has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Galarneau played 16 games less than Shimizu. The Canadian scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu made 44 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 59/102 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 44/59 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 15/43 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 35% |
Galarneau blasted 4 aces . Shimizu recorded 5 aces . Galarneau won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexis had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Yuta broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Lemaitre | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Diallo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 124-114 | 124-114 | |
| Total points | 238 | 238 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 59/102 | 59/102 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/43 | 15/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger
- James McCabeMcCabe – Jose StathamStatham (2-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benoit PairePaire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-2 5-7 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction