Rudy Quan and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.3
Rudy Quan -> 3.24
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Prediction and head to head Rudy Quan vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Rudy Quan and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Rudy Quan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-10 | 12-5 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-11 | 13-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Rudy got to the quarter after defeating Shintaro Imai 4-6 6-4 6-2, Filip Peliwo 6-4 6-2, Stefan Kozlov 6-1 7-5 and Andres Andrade 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rudy defeated Andrade (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Quan scored 90 points vs Andrade’s 83. Quan was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Quan scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 7 double faults. Rudy Quan lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Quan put 70% of his first serves in, winning 54% (32/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Rudy broke Andrade 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Quan has a solid match record in the last 2 years having won 62% of his matches (26-16). 7-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Quan has an aggregate20-11 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Quan’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Orange Park.
Rudy has an aggregate 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-27 | 28-24 | 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. 265, Shimizu reached the quarter after defeating Keegan Smith 7-5 6-3 and Bernard Tomic 6-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Tomic, Yuta had a free pass after Tomic retired on a 6-1 . scoreline.
Shimizu’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
Shimizu has a composed 13-11 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Quan | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 28 |
| Pts | 318-269 | 103-76 |
| Total Points | 587 | 179 |
| Winners | 113 | 46 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Quan played 4 matches while Shimizu competed in 2 matches. Quan started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Rudy Quan lost 2 sets while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Quan has played 6 sets more than Shimizu (10 vs 4). Therefore, Quan played 64 games more than Shimizu. The American scored 113 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Yuta recorded 46 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Quan | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 192/273 | 59/98 |
| %1st in | 70% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 113/192 | 46/59 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 36/81 | 19/39 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 49% |
Quan recorded 1 ace (0.3 per match). Shimizu also struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Quan won 59% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Quan | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 27 | 6 |
| Converted | 27/54 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 29 | 7 |
| Saved | 12 | 6 |
| % Saved | 41% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 17 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 27 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 17 times and he saved 41% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Quan | ||||||
| Q1 Imai | Q3 Peliwo | R1 Kozlov | R2 Andrade | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 92 | |
| pts | 101-93 | 58-42 | 69-51 | 90-83 | 318-269 | |
| Total points | 194 | 100 | 120 | 173 | 587 | |
| Winners | 36 | 20 | 25 | 32 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 36% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 36/51 | 42/62 | 59/84 | 192/273 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 71% | 68% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 20/36 | 25/42 | 32/59 | 113/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 56% | 60% | 54% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 6/15 | 10/20 | 10/25 | 36/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 40% | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 7/7 | 6/11 | 8/17 | 27/54 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 100% | 55% | 47% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 29 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 3/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |
| Shimizu | ||||||
| R1 Smith | R2 Tomic | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 ret. | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 21 | 7 | 28 | |||
| pts | 74-65 | 29-11 | 103-76 | |||
| Total points | 139 | 40 | 179 | |||
| Winners | 35 | 11 | 46 | |||
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 45% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 46/79 | 13/19 | 59/98 | |||
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 60% | |||
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 11/13 | 46/59 | |||
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 78% | |||
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 4/6 | 19/39 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 49% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/4 | 6/12 | |||
| Converted % | 38% | 75% | 50% | |||
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |||
| Saved % | 86% | – | 22% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Thai Kwiatkowski/Alex LawsonKwiatkowski/Alex Lawson – Bruno Kuzuhara/Dennis NovikovKuzuhara/Dennis Novikov (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mitchell KruegerMitchell – Alexis GalarneauAlexis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyNishesh – Trevor SvajdaTrevor (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction