Luke Saville and Shintaro Imai will fight against each other in the quarter of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luke Saville who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luke Saville is the pick to win this match.
Luke Saville -> 1.61
Shintaro Imai -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Luke Saville vs. Shintaro Imai
There is no head to head record between Luke Saville and Shintaro Imai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luke Saville
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-21 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 28-18 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 14-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-11 | 18-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 311, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Tristan Schoolkate 6-3 6-0 and Hayden Jones 7-5 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Jones (7-5 4-6 6-3). During the match, Saville scored 111 points vs Jones’s 95. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Saville struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luke Saville lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Saville put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (52/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Luke broke Jones 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Saville has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (226-198). 2-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Saville has an overall 153-137 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has an overall 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 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. 809, Imai got to the quarter after defeating Matthew Christopher Romios 7-64 6-1, Brandon Walkin 6-3 6-4, Kokoro Isomura 2-6 6-2 6-3 and Philip Sekulic 6-79 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Sekulic, Shintaro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 7-5 6-3). During the match Imai scored 126 points vs Sekulic’s 112. Shintaro was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.
About the serving games, Imai managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Shintaro Imai lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Imai put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (56/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. Shintaro broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Saville | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 98 |
| Pts | 162-128 | 349-285 |
| Total Points | 290 | 634 |
| Winners | 70 | 143 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Saville played 2 matches while Imai competed in 4 matches. Imai started his run from the qualifications while Saville had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luke Saville conceded 1 set, while Shintaro Imai surrendered 2 sets. Saville has played 5 set(s) less than Imai (5 vs 10). Therefore, Saville played 52 games less than Imai. Luke scored 70 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 143 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Saville | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 101/150 | 192/313 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 70/101 | 143/192 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 28/49 | 70/121 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 58% |
Saville made 4 aces (2 per match). Imai blasted 17 aces (4.3 per match). Saville won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Saville | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 13/33 |
| % Converted | 56% | 39% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 13 | 6 |
| % Saved | 81% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Saville conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Imai broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Shintaro conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Saville | ||||
| R1 Schoolkate |
R2 Jones |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 46 | |
| pts | 51-33 | 111-95 | 162-128 | |
| Total points | 84 | 206 | 290 | |
| Winners | 18 | 52 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 75/108 | 101/150 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 52/75 | 70/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 20/33 | 28/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/7 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 10/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 83% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Imai | ||||||
| Q1 Christopher |
Q3 Walkin |
R1 Isomura |
R2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-79 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 98 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 64-48 | 86-76 | 126-112 | 349-285 | |
| Total points | 122 | 112 | 162 | 238 | 634 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | 34 | 56 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 40% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/58 | 44/77 | 80/118 | 192/313 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 59% | 57% | 68% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 23/34 | 34/44 | 56/80 | 143/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 68% | 77% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/24 | 17/33 | 21/38 | 70/121 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 75% | 52% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 4/12 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 38% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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