Yuta Shimizu and Henri Squire will face off in the qualifications of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Squire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henri Squire is the pick to win this match.
Henri Squire -> 1.78
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Henri Squire
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Henri Squire since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 13-11 | 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. 243, Yuta reached the qualifications after defeating Mikalai Haliak 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Haliak (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shimizu scored 69 points vs Haliak’s 53. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu managed to score 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Yuta Shimizu was very effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yuta broke Haliak twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (223-119). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a composed16-9 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Yuta’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
Shimizu has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.
Henri Squire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-21 | 1-2 | 14-8 | 16-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-38 | 7-4 | 30-25 | 15-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 27-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, Henri got to the qualifications after defeating Norbert Gombos 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, Henri had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-64 6-3). During the match Squire scored 71 points vs Gombos’s 54. Henri was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Squire fired 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Henri Squire was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (35/40) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Henri broke Gombos twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The German has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 69-53 | 71-54 |
| Total Points | 122 | 125 |
| Winners | 26 | 35 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Shimizu and Squire 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, Shimizu and Squire have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimizu played 2 games less than Squire. The Japanese scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 35 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 12 |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 40/67 |
| %1st in | 62% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 35/40 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 59% |
Shimizu managed to score 4 aces . Squire blasted 12 aces . Shimizu won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Squire won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Squire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Shimizu broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Yuta had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Henri broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Squire conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| Q1 Haliak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Squire | |||
| Q1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 71-54 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 40/67 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 35/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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