Benjamin Bonzi and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.63
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Yuta Shimizu

This will be the 3^rd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Yuta Shimizu square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Bonzi and Shimizu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shimizu won 7-5 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the New Delhi Challenger back in February 2024.

Benjamin Bonzi

Ranked no. 150, Benjamin got to the quarter after beating Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-4 and Philip Sekulic 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (6-3 6-3). During the match, Bonzi scored 58 points vs Sekulic’s 42. The French player was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bonzi struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bonzi broke Sekulic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (337-223). 5-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bonzi has a compiled102-52 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Benjamin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Split Challenger and the Ilkley Challenger.

Benjamin has an aggregate 18-22 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 233, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-2 7-5, Hady Habib 6-3 6-4 and Benjamin Bonzi .

In the 2^nd round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-3 6-4). During the match Shimizu scored 60 points vs Habib’s 45. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Shimizu struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimizu broke Habib 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shimizu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

The Japanese has a composed 19-14 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bonzi	Shimizu
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	39
Pts	126-95	132-97
Total Points	221	229
Winners	34	42
%Winners	27%	32%

Both Bonzi and Shimizu played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Bonzi played 1 game less than Shimizu. Bonzi scored 34 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu recorded 42 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bonzi	Shimizu
Aces	11	4
Avg per match	5.5	2
1st in	43/104	52/104
%1st in	41%	50%
1st pts	34/43	42/52
%1st pts	79%	81%
2nd pts	37/61	32/52
%2nd pts	61%	62%

Bonzi blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Shimizu fired 4 aces (2 per match). Bonzi won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bonzi	Shimizu
Won	8	8
Converted	8/9	8/19
% Converted	89%	42%
Conceded	5	8
Saved	2	5
% Saved	40%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 89% conversion rate. Bonzi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
	R1 Quinn	R2 Sekulic	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	18	38
pts	68-53	58-42	126-95
Total points	121	100	221
Winners	18	16	34
%Winners	26%	28%	27%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	11
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	21/54	22/50	43/104
% 1st in	39%	44%	41%
1st pts	18/21	16/22	34/43
% 1st pts	86%	73%	79%
2nd pts	19/33	18/28	37/61
% 2nd pts	58%	64%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/4	4/5	8/9
Converted %	100%	80%	89%
Conceded	4	1	5
Saved	2/4	0/1	2
Saved %	50%	0%	25%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Shimizu
	R1 Chan Hong	R2 Habib	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	19	39
pts	72-52	60-45	132-97
Total points	124	105	229
Winners	20	22	42
%Winners	28%	37%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	26/49	26/55	52/104
% 1st in	53%	47%	50%
1st pts	20/26	22/26	42/52
% 1st pts	77%	85%	81%
2nd pts	14/23	18/29	32/52
% 2nd pts	61%	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/13	3/6	8/19
Converted %	38%	50%	42%
Conceded	3	5	8
Saved	1/3	4/5	5
Saved %	33%	80%	57%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

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