H2H, prediction of Yuta Shimizu vs Rio Noguchi in Jinan Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 23rd August 2024

PREVIEW. Jinan Challenger. Shimizu and Noguchi will play each other in the semifinal of the Jinan Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 23rd of August

Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Rio Noguchi

Yuta Shimizu and Rio Noguchi will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Jinan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.51
Rio Noguchi -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Rio Noguchi

This will be the 3rd time that Yuta Shimizu and Rio Noguchi play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shimizu won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Aktobe back in 2020.

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu
Yuta Shimizu

23 - 20win/loss

Hard
19-17
I Hard
4-3
Rank
217
High
203
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-28 29-24 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, the Japanese reached the semifinal after beating Yuquan Jin 6-4 6-2, Yi Zhou 6-2 6-1 and Philip Henning 6-4 5-7 7-5.

In the quarter, Yuta defeated Henning (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match, Shimizu scored 108 points vs Henning’s 102. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was very efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Yuta broke Henning 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (241-134). 19-16 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has an overall187-105 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Yuta has an overall 23-19 win-loss record in 2024, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Jinan Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Shimizu
Jinan Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Rio Noguchi

Rio Noguchi
Rio Noguchi

30 - 21win/loss

Hard
25-14
I Hard
0-0
Clay
1-4
Grass
4-3
Rank
301
High
201
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-31 36-22 1-4 0-2 4-3 0-0
2023 19-31 12-18 2-7 2-2 3-4 0-0
2022 54-22 41-10 9-9 0-1 4-2 0-0
2021 25-26 18-18 7-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 14-12 5-6 0-3 3-2 6-1 0-0

Ranked no. 333, Noguchi got to the semifinal after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 7-5 6-4, Aidan Mchugh 6-3 6-3 and Woobin Shin 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Rio had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-3 6-2). During the match Noguchi scored 55 points vs Shin’s 34. Noguchi was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Noguchi bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Rio Noguchi was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Noguchi broke Shin 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Noguchi 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 season was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill.

Rio has a composed 29-21 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Noguchi
Jinan Challenger
Noguchi's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Shimizu
R.Noguchi
4h:59
4h:59
Time on court​
4h:25
4h:25
!
2h:38
2h:38
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
3
3
Match played
3
3
67
67
Games Played​
57
57
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
233
233
Total points​
197
197
77.7
77.7
Avg point​
65.7
65.7
85
85
Winners
84
84
28.3
28.3
Avg Winners​
28
28
36%
36%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
4
4
5.7
5.7
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
85/118
85/118
1st won total​
84/102
84/102
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
45/81
45/81
2nd won total​
32/52
32/52
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
13/31
13/31
BP won
10/27
10/27
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
Avg BP won
3.3/9
3.3/9
42%
42%
Won
37%
37%
13
13
Conceded
6
6
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
2
2
4
4
Broken
2
2
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
9
9
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shimizu Noguchi
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 67 57
Pts 233-194 197-140
Total Points 427 337
Winners 85 84
%Winners 36% 43%

Both Shimizu and Noguchi played 3 matches. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu dropped 1 set while Rio Noguchi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set more than Noguchi (7 vs 6). Therefore, Shimizu played 10 games more than Noguchi. Shimizu scored 85 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 84 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shimizu Noguchi
Aces 17 4
Avg per match 5.7 1.3
1st in 118/199 102/154
%1st in 59% 66%
1st pts 85/118 84/102
%1st pts 72% 82%
2nd pts 45/81 32/52
%2nd pts 56% 62%

Shimizu made 17 aces (5.7 per match). Noguchi managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Shimizu won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 82% 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 Shimizu Noguchi
Won 13 10
Converted 13/31 10/27
% Converted 42% 37%
Conceded 13 6
Saved 9 4
% Saved 69% 67%
Times Broken 4 2

Yuta broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Shimizu lost his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Rio broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Rio conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
R1
Jin
R2
Zhou
1/4
Henning
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-4 5-7 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 18 15 34 67
pts 62-56 63-36 108-102 233-194
Total points 118 99 210 427
Winners 27 22 36 85
%Winners 44% 35% 33% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 6 7 17
Double Faults 2 1 4 7
1st in 38/59 29/45 51/95 118/199
% 1st in 64% 64% 54% 59%
1st pts 27/38 22/29 36/51 85/118
% 1st pts 71% 76% 71% 72%
2nd pts 12/21 9/16 24/44 45/81
% 2nd pts 57% 56% 55% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 5 5 13
Converted 3/8 5/9 5/14 13/31
Converted % 38% 56% 36% 42%
Conceded 3 2 8 13
Saved 3/3 2/2 4/8 9
Saved % 100% 100% 50% 83%
Times Broken 0 0 4 4
Noguchi
R1
Bobrov
R2
Mchugh
1/4
Shin
Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 22 18 17 57
pts 75-60 67-46 55-34 197-140
Total points 135 113 89 337
Winners 36 22 26 84
%Winners 48% 33% 47% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2 4
Double Faults 1 1 1 3
1st in 45/63 27/46 30/45 102/154
% 1st in 71% 59% 67% 66%
1st pts 36/45 22/27 26/30 84/102
% 1st pts 80% 81% 87% 82%
2nd pts 10/18 14/19 8/15 32/52
% 2nd pts 56% 74% 53% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 10
Converted 3/8 3/10 4/9 10/27
Converted % 38% 30% 44% 37%
Conceded 5 0 1 6
Saved 4/5 0/0 0/1 4
Saved % 80% 0% 27%
Times Broken 1 0 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shimizu
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Noguchi
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2024 2023 2022
34 - 28
41 - 31
30-24
Hard
36-22
4-4
I Hard
0-2
0-0
Clay
1-4
0-0
Grass
4-3

Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger

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