Yuta Shimizu and Hady Habib will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.64
Hady Habib -> 2.17

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Hady Habib

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Hady Habib since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 233, Yuta reached the 2^nd round after defeating Seong Chan Hong 6-2 7-5 and Hady Habib .

In the 1^st round, Shimizu had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (6-2 7-5). During the match, Shimizu scored 72 points vs Chan Hong’s 52. Yuta was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimizu scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Shimizu broke Chan Hong 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Shimizu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (236-129). 14-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an aggregate182-100 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

Shimizu has an aggregate 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Hady Habib

Ranked no. 272, Habib reached the 2^nd round after beating Taha Baadi 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4, Blaise Bicknell 6-3 6-1 and Nishesh Basavareddy 5-7 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Basavareddy, Hady recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Habib scored 100 points vs Basavareddy’s 89. The Lebanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Habib blasted 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Hady Habib lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Habib put 57% of his first serves in, winning 73% (43/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The Lebanese broke Basavareddy 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Hady’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago,the Santos Challenger and M25 Pensacola.

Hady has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Habib
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	20	77
Pts	72-52	267-234
Total Points	124	501
Winners	20	111
%Winners	28%	42%

Shimizu played 1 match while Habib competed in 3 matches. Habib started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hady Habib surrendered 2 sets while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimizu has played 6 set(s) less than Habib (2 vs 8). Therefore, Shimizu played 57 games less than Habib. Yuta scored 20 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Hady made 111 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Habib
Aces	1	34
Avg per match	1	11.3
1st in	26/49	148/264
%1st in	53%	56%
1st pts	20/26	111/148
%1st pts	77%	75%
2nd pts	14/23	64/116
%2nd pts	61%	55%

Shimizu recorded 1 ace . Habib also scored 34 aces (11.3 per match). Shimizu won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Habib won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Habib
Won	5	11
Converted	5/13	11/23
% Converted	38%	48%
Conceded	3	17
Saved	1	14
% Saved	33%	82%
Times Broken	2	3

Shimizu broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shimizu lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Habib conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Chan Hong	Total
Score	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-52	72-52
Total points	124	124
Winners	20	20
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	26/49	26/49
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	20/26	20/26
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	14/23	14/23
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Habib
	Q1 Baadi	Q3 Bicknell	R1 Basavareddy	Total
Score	6-72 6-3 6-4	6-3 6-1	5-7 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	32	16	29	77
pts	101-101	66-44	100-89	267-234
Total points	202	110	189	501
Winners	44	24	43	111
%Winners	44%	36%	43%	42%
SERVE
Aces	19	3	12	34
Double Faults	7	3	6	16
1st in	59/112	30/49	59/103	148/264
% 1st in	53%	61%	57%	56%
1st pts	44/59	24/30	43/59	111/148
% 1st pts	75%	80%	73%	75%
2nd pts	31/53	11/19	22/44	64/116
% 2nd pts	58%	58%	50%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	4	5	11
Converted	2/9	4/8	5/6	11/23
Converted %	22%	50%	83%	48%
Conceded	6	2	9	17
Saved	6/6	2/2	6/9	14
Saved %	100%	100%	67%	267%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

• Jeff WolfWolf – Arthur GeaGea (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Keegan RiceRice (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-6 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Ryan PenistonPeniston (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (5-7 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Antoine BellierBellier – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Andres MartinMartin (7-5 6-7⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Mark LajalLajal (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-6 7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Andres MartinMartin (7-5 6-7(7) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marc PolmansPolmans – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Antoine BellierBellier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon HoltHolt – Terence AtmaneAtmane (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction