Yuta Shimizu and Alex Bolt will play each other in the 1st round of the Burnie 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.41
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.76

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 4th time that Yuta Shimizu and Alex Bolt play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Shimizu won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Tyler Challenger back in 2023.

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

0 - 2win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
233
High
203
WLWLWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-13 13-10 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. 232, Yuta will start his run in the Burnie 2 Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-6(2) 6-2 to Comesana in the qualifications on the 9th of January.

Shimizu has a composed 0-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 218-117 record. He has a positive 168-91 record on hard.

Previously in the Burnie 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Burnie 2 Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt

8 - 3win/loss

Hard
8-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
234
High
125
LWWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-14 19-11 0-0 0-0 17-3 0-0
2023 27-22 22-17 0-2 0-0 5-3 0-0
2022 11-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-18 7-6 0-7 2-2 10-3 0-0
2020 12-12 12-8 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 255, Alex will start his run in the Burnie 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Burnie 1 Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-7(2) 6-3 to Jasika in the final on the 4th of February.

Alex has a composed 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger.

In terms of his career, Bolt has an overall 299-225 record. He has a positive 192-146 record on hard.

Burnie 2 Challenger
Bolt's Record

Tennis Scores in Burnie 2 Challenger

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