Yosuke Watanuki and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the final of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.31
Yuta Shimizu -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98, Yousuke got to the final after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-3 6-3, Mathys Erhard 6-4 6-3, Giovanni Fonio 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-72 6-0.
In the semifinal, Watanuki defeated Mmoh (6-4 6-72 6-0). During the match, Watanuki scored 101 points vs Mmoh’s 85. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watanuki bagged 8 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was quite effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (33/52) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Mmoh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (217-135). 27-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a compiled130-72 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Shanghai Challenger.
Watanuki has a composed 41-22 win-loss record in 2023, 27-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-28 | 29-24 | 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. 246, Yuta reached the final after defeating Jason Jung 6-4 7-5, Marc Polmans 6-4 6-4, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 7-67 6-71 7-64 and Yasutaka Uchiyama w/o.
In the semifinal, Shimizu defeated Uchiyama (w/o). During the match Shimizu and Uchiyama scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 98 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Yuta was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yuta Shimizu conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Yuta’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Burnie,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
Yuta has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 35-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 90 | 81 |
| Pts | 300-247 | 274-236 |
| Total Points | 547 | 510 |
| Winners | 107 | 108 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Watanuki played 4 matches while Shimizu competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yosuke Watanuki lost 2 sets, while Yuta Shimizu conceded 1 set. Watanuki has played 3 sets more than Shimizu (10 vs 7). Therefore, Watanuki played 9 games more than Shimizu. Yousuke scored 107 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yuta fired 108 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 135/281 | 144/243 |
| %1st in | 48% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 107/135 | 108/144 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 84/146 | 55/99 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Watanuki recorded 29 aces (7.3 per match). Shimizu fired 12 aces (4 per match). Watanuki won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 11 |
| Converted | 16/31 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 52% | 52% |
| Conceded | 21 | 19 |
| Saved | 17 | 12 |
| % Saved | 81% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Yousuke broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Shimizu broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||||
| R1 Hsiou |
R2 Erhard |
1/4 Fonio |
1/2 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-72 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 90 | |
| pts | 57-42 | 60-52 | 82-68 | 101-85 | 300-247 | |
| Total points | 99 | 112 | 150 | 186 | 547 | |
| Winners | 21 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 30% | 43% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 20/56 | 43/80 | 42/94 | 135/281 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 36% | 54% | 45% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 18/20 | 35/43 | 33/42 | 107/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 90% | 81% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 21/36 | 18/37 | 33/52 | 84/146 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 58% | 49% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/8 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 38% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 10/11 | 3/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 91% | 100% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Shimizu | ||||||
| R1 Jung |
R2 Polmans |
1/4 Lam Coleman Wong |
1/2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-67 6-71 7-64 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 39 | – | 81 | |
| pts | 76-57 | 68-56 | 130-123 | – | 274-236 | |
| Total points | 133 | 124 | 253 | – | 510 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 48 | – | 108 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 37% | – | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | – | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 36/59 | 69/125 | – | 144/243 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 55% | – | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 28/36 | 48/69 | – | 108/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 70% | – | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 15/23 | 30/56 | – | 55/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 54% | – | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | – | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/6 | 5/7 | – | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 71% | – | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 15 | – | 19 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 10/15 | – | 12 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | |
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