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H2H, prediction of Luke Saville vs Shintaro Imai in Burnie 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 2nd February 2024

PREVIEW. Burnie 1 Challenger. Saville and Imai will face off in the quarter of the Burnie 1 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 2nd of February

Mark Hall

1 February 2024

Prediction and head to head Luke Saville vs. Shintaro Imai

Luke Saville and Shintaro Imai will fight against each other in the quarter of the Burnie 1 Challenger for the 1^st 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

2 - 2win/loss

Hard

2-2

I Hard

0-0

Rank
292

High
152

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	16-11	10-9	0-0	0-0	6-2	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

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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 2^nd 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

Burnie 1 Challenger

Saville's Record

Shintaro Imai

4 - 0win/loss

Hard

4-0

I Hard

0-0

Rank
580

High
290

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	12-7	9-5	0-0	0-0	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

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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 2^nd 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).

Burnie 1 Challenger

Imai's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Saville

S.Imai

4h:01

Time on court

8h:25

2h:56

Last match

3h:35

Match played

Games Played

Set played

162

Total points

349

Avg point

87.3

Winners

143

Avg Winners

35.8

43%

Ratio winners

41%

-- Serve --

Aces

Avg Aces

4.3

Double Faults

Avg Double Faults

1.8

70/101

1st won total

143/192

69%

1st won %

74%

28/49

2nd won total

70/121

57%

2nd won %

58%

-- Break Points --

9/16

BP won

13/33

4.5/8

Avg BP won

3.3/8.3

56%

Won

39%

Conceded

Avg Conceded

Broken

1.5

Avg Broken

1.5

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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.

	R1 Schoolkate	R2 Jones	Total
Saville
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

	Q1 Christopher	Q3 Walkin	R1 Isomura	R2 Sekulic	Total
Imai
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