Brandon Walkin and Shintaro Imai will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Shintaro Imai who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Imai is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Imai -> 1.22
Brandon Walkin -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Walkin vs. Shintaro Imai
There is no head to head record between Brandon Walkin and Shintaro Imai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Walkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-20 | 13-10 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-19 | 3-6 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 798, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Tomislav Edward Papac 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Edward Papac (6-4 6-0). During the match, Walkin scored 57 points vs Edward Papac’s 36. Brandon was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Walkin struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Walkin lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Walkin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Walkin broke Edward Papac 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Walkin has a losing win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 49% of his matches (88-92). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Walkin has an overall60-57 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Walkin has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Burnie 1 Challenger
Shintaro Imai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 810, Shintaro got to the qualifications after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 7-64 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Christopher Romios (7-64 6-1). During the match Imai scored 73 points vs Christopher Romios’s 49. Imai was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Imai scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Shintaro Imai was very efficient on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shintaro broke Christopher Romios 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Japanese has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Walkin | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 73-49 |
| Total Points | 93 | 122 |
| Winners | 23 | 30 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Walkin and Imai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Walkin and Imai have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Walkin played 4 games less than Imai. The Australian scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Imai made 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Walkin | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 34/60 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 30/34 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 54% |
Walkin scored 6 aces . Imai managed to score 1 ace . Walkin won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Walkin | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Walkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Brandon lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Shintaro broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Imai conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Walkin | |||
| Q1 Edward Papac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Imai | |||
| Q1 Christopher |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 73-49 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/60 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 30/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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