Joao Fonseca and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.4
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Joao Fonseca vs. Yuta Shimizu

There is no head to head record between Joao Fonseca and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Joao Fonseca

Joao Fonseca

17 - 15win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
14-11
Grass
2-4
Rank
145
High
144
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-23 8-3 14-11 12-5 2-4 0-0
2023 11-6 1-1 10-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 5-4 0-0 5-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 218, the Brazilian will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 4-6 6-3 7-6(10) to Moro in the qualifications on the 24th of June.

Joao has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Fonseca’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Asuncion Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Joao has an overall 32-25 record. He has a flat 1-1 record on hard.

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.

Chicago Challenger
Fonseca's Record

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

19 - 17win/loss

Hard
15-14
I Hard
4-3
Rank
192
High
192
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-29 35-25 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. 262, Shimizu will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in the Granby Challenger where he lost 6-1 4-6 7-5

to Boyer in the 1st round on the 16th of July.

Yuta has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2024, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Yuta’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger.

In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 237-131 record. He has a positive 183-102 record on hard.

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.

Chicago Challenger
Shimizu's Record

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