Mitchell Krueger and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the final of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mitchell Krueger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mitchell Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.52
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
25 - 14win/loss
146
135
LLWLLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 30-17 | 9-7 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 251, the American reached the final after defeating Liam Draxl 6-3 3-6 6-4, Aidan Mayo 7-67 6-3, Alexis Galarneau 6-3 6-1 and Abedallah Shelbayh 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the semifinal against Shelbayh, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 87 points vs Shelbayh’s 75. Krueger was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krueger struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mitchell Krueger was very efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mitchell broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Krueger has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Krueger has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (285-271). 14-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has a compiled 197-163 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Indian Wells 1 Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Krueger has an aggregate 24-14 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-28 | 28-24 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 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 final after defeating Keegan Smith 7-5 6-3, Bernard Tomic 6-1 ret., Rudy Quan 6-4 6-3 and Nishesh Basavareddy 7-63 6-0.
In the semifinal, Shimizu had a good straight sets win against Basavareddy (7-63 6-0). During the match Shimizu scored 70 points vs Basavareddy’s 52. Shimizu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was quite effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Basavareddy 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimizu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shimizu’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger and the Little Rock Challenger.
Shimizu has a composed 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 66 |
| Pts | 320-263 | 247-189 |
| Total Points | 583 | 436 |
| Winners | 133 | 92 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Krueger and Shimizu played 4 matches. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger lost 2 sets while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Krueger has played 2 sets more than Shimizu (10 vs 8). Therefore, Krueger played 26 games more than Shimizu. Mitchell scored 133 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 92 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 33 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 169/289 | 129/209 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 133/169 | 92/129 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 63/120 | 41/80 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 51% |
Krueger scored 33 aces (8.3 per match). Shimizu managed to score 9 aces (2.3 per match). Krueger won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krueger | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 17 |
| Converted | 14/33 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 42% | 52% |
| Conceded | 18 | 16 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Krueger broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Krueger lost his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | ||||||
| R1 Draxl |
R2 Mayo |
1/4 Galarneau |
1/2 Shelbayh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 7-67 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 92 | |
| pts | 98-92 | 81-65 | 54-31 | 87-75 | 320-263 | |
| Total points | 190 | 146 | 85 | 162 | 583 | |
| Winners | 41 | 36 | 21 | 35 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 39% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 44/72 | 25/41 | 47/86 | 169/289 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 61% | 61% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 36/44 | 21/25 | 35/47 | 133/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 84% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/28 | 11/16 | 20/39 | 63/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 69% | 51% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/8 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 25% | 67% | 80% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | – | 67% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Shimizu | ||||||
| R1 Smith |
R2 Tomic |
1/4 Quan |
1/2 Basavareddy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 66 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 29-11 | 74-61 | 70-52 | 247-189 | |
| Total points | 139 | 40 | 135 | 122 | 436 | |
| Winners | 35 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 28% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 13/19 | 37/55 | 33/56 | 129/209 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 67% | 59% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 11/13 | 21/37 | 25/33 | 92/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 57% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 4/6 | 9/18 | 13/23 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 50% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/4 | 7/16 | 4/5 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 75% | 44% | 80% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Liam Draxl/Benjamin SigouinDraxl/Benjamin Sigouin – Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Hans Hach VerdugoChoudary Bollipalli/Hans Hach Verdugo (6-4 3-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
