Yuta Shimizu and Jason Jung will face off in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jason Jung who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jason Jung is the pick to win this match.
Jason Jung -> 1.75
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Jason Jung
This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Jason Jung face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jung (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Jung won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in 2018.
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. 252, the Japanese got to the quarter after defeating Evan Zhu 6-2 6-4 and Yunseong Chung 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Chung (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 98 points vs Chung’s 92. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Chung 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (208-105). 26-14 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has a compiled159-80 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Yuta’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.
Shimizu has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2023, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.
Jason Jung
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-25 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 13-14 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-25 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-18 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Jung reached the quarter after beating Bernard Tomic 7-5 6-3 and Nishesh Basavareddy 3-6 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Basavareddy, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Jung scored 100 points vs Basavareddy’s 96. Jason was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Jung fired 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jason Jung lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Jung put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Jung broke Basavareddy 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jason has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Jason’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Jakarta.
Jung has a composed 28-12 win-loss record in 2023, 28-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 51 |
| Pts | 168-150 | 175-157 |
| Total Points | 318 | 332 |
| Winners | 71 | 66 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Shimizu and Jung played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yuta Shimizu surrendered 1 set, while Jason Jung surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Jung have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shimizu played 3 games less than Jung. Shimizu scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 66 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 102/155 | 87/148 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 71/102 | 66/87 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/53 | 31/61 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 51% |
Shimizu recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Jung blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Shimizu won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Jung won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 8/26 |
| % Converted | 55% | 31% |
| Conceded | 13 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 54% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Yuta broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 8 times with a 31% conversion rate. Jason conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | ||||
| R1 Zhu |
R2 Chung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 48 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 98-92 | 168-150 | |
| Total points | 128 | 190 | 318 | |
| Winners | 28 | 43 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 62/95 | 102/155 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 43/62 | 71/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 14/33 | 23/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 42% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/10 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 33% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Jung | ||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Basavareddy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 100-96 | 175-157 | |
| Total points | 136 | 196 | 332 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 53/91 | 87/148 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 37/53 | 66/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 70% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 20/38 | 31/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/14 | 8/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 29% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 63% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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