Yuta Shimizu and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.42
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Ergi Kirkin 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 | 8-8 | 4-5 | 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, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (7-65 6-4). During the match, Shimizu scored 74 points vs Shimabukuro’s 64. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yuta was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Shimabukuro twice.
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (224-121). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an aggregate17-11 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-10 | 11-4 | 10-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-26 | 3-4 | 39-15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 3-5 | 27-19 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 4-8 | 29-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 322, the Turk reached the 2nd round after beating Illya Marchenko 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Marchenko, Kirkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kirkin scored 92 points vs Marchenko’s 88. The Turk was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin bagged 10 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 78% (47/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Marchenko 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Turk’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Doha and M15 Torello.
Ergi has an aggregate 15-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 |
| Pts | 74-64 | 92-88 |
| Total Points | 138 | 180 |
| Winners | 31 | 47 |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% |
Both Shimizu and Kirkin played 1 match. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin surrendered 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set(s) less than Kirkin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimizu played 6 games less than Kirkin. Yuta scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Turk blasted 47 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 60/94 |
| %1st in | 61% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 47/60 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 44% |
Shimizu struck 2 aces . Kirkin managed to score 10 aces . Shimizu won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Ergi broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ergi conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Shimabukuro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 92-88 | 92-88 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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