Yuta Shimizu and Yuki Mochizuki will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.23
Yuki Mochizuki -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yuki Mochizuki
This will be the 5th time that Yuta Shimizu and Yuki Mochizuki clash against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Shimizu and Mochizuki (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 quarter in M15 Jakarta back in 2022.
Yuta Shimizu
| 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. 247, Shimizu got to the 2nd round after defeating Blake Mott 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Mott (6-3 7-5). During the match, Shimizu scored 71 points vs Mott’s 54. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 72% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Mott 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (244-140). 22-22 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has a compiled190-111 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Shimizu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 26-25 win-loss record in 2024, 22-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Yuki Mochizuki
17 - 17win/loss
629
471
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-22 | 19-18 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 21-23 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 18-12 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 805, Mochizuki got to the 2nd round after beating Naoki Tajima 6-1 6-1 and Hikaru Shiraishi 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Yuki had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-4 6-4). During the match Mochizuki scored 71 points vs Shiraishi’s 65. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Mochizuki fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuki Mochizuki lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Mochizuki broke Shiraishi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Japanese has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2024, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 34 |
| Pts | 71-54 | 128-92 |
| Total Points | 125 | 220 |
| Winners | 38 | 49 |
| %Winners | 54% | 38% |
Shimizu played 1 match while Mochizuki competed in 2 matches. Mochizuki started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shimizu has played 2 set(s) less than Mochizuki (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shimizu played 13 games less than Mochizuki. Shimizu scored 38 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki managed to score 49 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 72/111 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 49/72 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 51% |
Shimizu bagged 4 aces . Mochizuki struck 8 aces (4 per match). Shimizu won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 59% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mochizuki broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Mott | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 71-54 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 49/68 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mochizuki | |||||
| Q1 Tajima | Q3 Tkemaladze | R1 Shiraishi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 7-62 7-62 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 57-27 | – | 71-65 | 128-92 | |
| Total points | 84 | 0 | 136 | 220 | |
| Winners | 17 | 32 | 49 | ||
| %Winners | 30% | 0% | 45% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 24/41 | / | 48/70 | 72/111 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 0% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | / | 32/48 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 0% | 67% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | / | 10/22 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 0% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 6/8 | / | 4/9 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 0% | 44% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/ | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 71% | 138% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Shintaro ImaiImai (7-67 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction