Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.56
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 5th time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Hsiou Hsu (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Hsiou Hsu won 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Wichita back in 2022.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Hsiou Hsu had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-2 6-3). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 61 points vs Kolar’s 40. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu managed to score 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu was quite effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Kolar 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (224-122). 29-12 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a compiled194-91 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Tsukuba and M25 Kashiwa.
The Chinese has a compiled 31-17 win-loss record in 2023, 29-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 12-10 | 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. 252, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Jason Jung 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Japanese defeated Jung (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Shimizu scored less points (4) than Jung. In fact, the world no. 212 won 89 points vs Jung’s. That means that Shimizu was more focused during the important points. Yuta was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Shimizu recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 65% of his first serves in, winning 61% (40/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Jung 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 32-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 89-93 |
| Total Points | 101 | 182 |
| Winners | 23 | 40 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Shimizu played 1 match. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu conceded 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 11 games less than Shimizu. The Chinese scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 40 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 66/101 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 40/66 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/35 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 43% |
Hsiou Hsu made 4 aces . Shimizu made 4 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 61% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Chinese broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Chinese very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Shimizu broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsiou Hsu | |||
| R1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Jung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-93 | 89-93 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/101 | 66/101 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/66 | 40/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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