Mai Hontama and Ayano Shimizu will play each other in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:30 am on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mai Hontama who should win in 2 sets.
Mai Hontama -> 1.285
Ayano Shimizu -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Mai Hontama vs. Ayano Shimizu
This will be the 5th time that Mai Hontama and Ayano Shimizu clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shimizu won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the W40 Yokohama back in 2023.
Mai Hontama
30 - 32win/loss
148
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-34 | 28-27 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 38-18 | 6-5 | 9-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 25-15 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 32-12 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Mai got to the qualifications after beating Miyu Kato 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Mai had a good straight sets win against Kato (6-3 6-3). During the match, Hontama scored 61 points vs Kato’s 46. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hontama bagged 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mai Hontama was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of her 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Kato 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Hontama has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (263-174). 27-25 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hontama has a composed200-125 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Hontama’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W100 Tokyo and the W100 Gifu.
Hontama has an aggregate 30-32 win-loss record in 2024, 27-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Ayano Shimizu
25 - 23win/loss
272
175
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-25 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 15-4 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 22-15 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 6-3 |
| 2022 | 8-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 12-7 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Miho Kuramochi 5-7 7-6(0) 1-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Kuramochi, the Japanese had a free pass after Kuramochi retired on a 5-7 7-60 1-0 . scoreline.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W50 Nanao.
Shimizu has a compiled 25-23 win-loss record in 2024, 18-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hontama | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 61-46 | 91-82 |
| Total Points | 107 | 173 |
| Winners | 20 | 42 |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% |
Both Hontama and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ayano Shimizu surrendered 1 set while Mai Hontama hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hontama has played 2 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 4). Therefore, Hontama played 8 games less than Shimizu. The Japanese scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Ayano blasted 42 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hontama | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 69/101 |
| %1st in | 55% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 42/69 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 16/32 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 50% |
Hontama struck 3 aces . Shimizu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hontama won 71% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 61% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hontama | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Japanese broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hontama | |||
| Q1 Kato | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| Q1 Kuramochi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-60 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-82 | 91-82 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/101 | 69/101 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/69 | 42/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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