Yuta Shimizu and Yi Zhou will face off in the 2nd round of the Jinan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.38
Yi Zhou -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yi Zhou
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Yi Zhou since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 33-24 | 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. 261, Yuta got to the 2nd round after defeating Yuquan Jin 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Jin (6-4 6-2). During the match, Shimizu scored 62 points vs Jin’s 56. Shimizu was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimizu managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yuta broke Jin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Shimizu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (239-134). 17-16 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has a composed185-105 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Shimizu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.
Shimizu has an overall 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.
Yi Zhou
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-17 | 9-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 505 (career-high), Yi got to the 2nd round after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (7-64 6-2). During the match Zhou scored 80 points vs Ayeni’s 62. Zhou was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhou recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yi Zhou lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhou put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Yi broke Ayeni 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Zhou’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Luzhou,M15 Tianjin and M25 Tianjin.
The Chinese has an overall 23-15 win-loss record in 2024, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Zhou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 62-56 | 80-62 |
| Total Points | 118 | 142 |
| Winners | 27 | 32 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Shimizu and Zhou played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Zhou have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimizu played 3 games less than Zhou. Shimizu scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese bagged 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Zhou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 40/66 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 32/40 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 13/26 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Shimizu scored 4 aces . Zhou struck 2 aces . Shimizu won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhou won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Zhou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Shimizu broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shimizu pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Zhou broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Yi conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Jin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-56 | 62-56 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhou | |||
| R1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 80-62 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 40/66 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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