Maxime Cressy and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.28
Yuta Shimizu -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-11 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
| 2020 | 19-17 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 178, Maxime got to the quarter after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-3 and Mark Lajal 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Lajal (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Cressy scored 88 points vs Lajal’s 75. Maxime was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cressy blasted 9 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cressy put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (43/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Cressy was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lajal 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Cressy has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (231-170). 10-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has a composed107-76 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cuernavaca Challenger.
Cressy has a compiled 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Maxime has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 7-8 | 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. 279, Shimizu got to the quarter after defeating Dominik Palan 6-4 6-4, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 6-2 and Omar Jasika 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Shimizu had a good straight sets win against Jasika (7-5 7-5). During the match Shimizu scored 77 points vs Jasika’s 62. Shimizu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Jasika 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Shimizu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
The Japanese has an aggregate 11-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 61 |
| Pts | 170-139 | 213-174 |
| Total Points | 309 | 387 |
| Winners | 68 | 78 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Cressy played 2 matches while Shimizu competed in 3 matches. Shimizu started his run from the qualifications while Cressy had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Maxime Cressy surrendered 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cressy has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (5 vs 6). Therefore, Cressy played 16 games less than Shimizu. The American scored 68 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu blasted 78 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 84/149 | 112/183 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 68/84 | 78/112 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 30/65 | 38/71 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 54% |
Cressy managed to score 19 aces (9.5 per match). Shimizu struck 9 aces (3 per match). Cressy won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 37% | 54% |
| Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Cressy broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Cressy dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | ||||
| R1 Moriya |
R2 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 45 | |
| pts | 82-64 | 88-75 | 170-139 | |
| Total points | 146 | 163 | 309 | |
| Winners | 25 | 43 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 49% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 14 | 11 | 25 | |
| 1st in | 31/61 | 53/88 | 84/149 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 43/53 | 68/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 16/35 | 30/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 3/3 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 100% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shimizu | ||||||
| Q1 Palan |
Q3 Bai |
R1 Lam Coleman Wong |
R2 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 17 | 24 | 77 | |
| pts | 68-59 | – | 68-53 | 77-62 | 213-174 | |
| Total points | 127 | 0 | 121 | 139 | 387 | |
| Winners | 29 | 18 | 31 | 78 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | 0% | 26% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 38/63 | / | 35/53 | 39/67 | 112/183 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 0% | 66% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | / | 18/35 | 31/39 | 78/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 0% | 51% | 79% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | / | 12/18 | 11/28 | 38/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 0% | 67% | 39% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 2/7 | / | 6/9 | 5/8 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 0% | 67% | 63% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/ | 5/7 | 3/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 71% | 50% | 111% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
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