Yuta Shimizu and Clement Chidekh will face off in the semifinal of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Clement Chidekh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Clement Chidekh is the pick to win this match.
Clement Chidekh -> 1.727
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Clement Chidekh
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Clement Chidekh since this will be the first time that they will play 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, Shimizu got to the semifinal after beating Sho Shimabukuro 7-65 6-4, Ergi Kirkin 6-4 6-4 and Mattia Bellucci 6-4 7-65.
In the quarter, Shimizu had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-4 7-65). During the match, Shimizu scored 90 points vs Bellucci’s 83. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuta Shimizu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 78% of his first serves in, winning 73% (53/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Bellucci once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yuta hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Shimizu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (226-121). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an overall19-11 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Yuta’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
Yuta has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.
Clement Chidekh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-8 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-17 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 26-5 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Clement got to the semifinal after beating Sarp Agabigun 6-1 6-3, Yusuke Takahashi 6-3 6-4, Adrian Andreev 6-2 6-76 6-3, Nicola Kuhn 6-2 6-2 and Michael Agwi 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Chidekh had a good straight sets win against Agwi (6-4 6-3). During the match Chidekh scored 54 points vs Agwi’s 48. Chidekh was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Chidekh wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Clement Chidekh lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Clement broke Agwi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chidekh started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Paul Jubb in the final 0-6 6-4 6-1.
Clement has an overall 21-5 win-loss record in 2024, 21-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 100 |
| Pts | 238-211 | 366-271 |
| Total Points | 449 | 637 |
| Winners | 111 | 143 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Shimizu played 3 matches while Chidekh competed in 5 matches. Chidekh started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Clement Chidekh conceded 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 5 set(s) less than Chidekh (6 vs 11). Therefore, Shimizu played 34 games less than Chidekh. Yuta scored 111 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Clement recorded 143 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1st in | 156/235 | 198/300 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 111/156 | 143/198 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 39/79 | 58/102 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Shimizu struck 9 aces (3 per match). Chidekh managed to score 14 aces (2.8 per match). Shimizu won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Chidekh won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 24 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 24/56 |
| % Converted | 42% | 43% |
| Conceded | 24 | 17 |
| Saved | 20 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Shimizu broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Chidekh broke his opponents 24 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||||
| R1 Shimabukuro |
R2 Kirkin |
1/4 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 23 | 66 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | 90-83 | 238-211 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | 173 | 449 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 53 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 59% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/70 | 40/72 | 73/93 | 156/235 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 56% | 78% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 27/40 | 53/73 | 111/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 68% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 14/32 | 8/20 | 39/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 40% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 5/9 | 1/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 56% | 13% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 8/11 | 9/9 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 73% | 100% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chidekh | |||||||
| Q1 Agabigun |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Andreev |
R2 Kuhn |
1/4 Agwi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-76 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 100 | |
| pts | 69-40 | 65-51 | 119-98 | 59-34 | 54-48 | 366-271 | |
| Total points | 109 | 116 | 217 | 93 | 102 | 637 | |
| Winners | 22 | 33 | 39 | 24 | 25 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 51% | 33% | 41% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 24/39 | 43/60 | 63/100 | 32/47 | 36/54 | 198/300 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 63% | 68% | 67% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 33/43 | 39/63 | 24/32 | 25/36 | 143/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 77% | 62% | 75% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/17 | 23/37 | 8/15 | 11/18 | 58/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 47% | 62% | 53% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 3/10 | 7/16 | 5/7 | 4/6 | 24/56 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 30% | 44% | 71% | 67% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 43% | 0% | 80% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Henri SquireSquire – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Michael AgwiAgwi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Mattia Bellucci/Remy BertolaBellucci/Remy Bertola – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (5-7 7-5 10-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Henri SquireSquire – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
