Tristan Schoolkate and Masamichi Imamura will clash against each other in the quarter of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.171
Masamichi Imamura -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. Masamichi Imamura
There is no head to head record between Tristan Schoolkate and Masamichi Imamura since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tristan Schoolkate
41 - 29win/loss
168
167
LLLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Tristan reached the quarter after defeating Jake Delaney 6-4 6-3 and Moerani Bouzige 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Tristan had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-1 6-2). During the match, Schoolkate scored 66 points vs Bouzige’s 44. Tristan was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Schoolkate bagged 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Schoolkate broke Bouzige 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tristan hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Schoolkate has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (167-117). 35-21 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Schoolkate has an aggregate107-76 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
The Australian has an aggregate 41-29 win-loss record in 2024, 35-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Masamichi Imamura
52 - 23win/loss
349
346
LLWLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56-29 | 48-25 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 36-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-15 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 409, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Colin Sinclair 7-6(4) 6-3 and Thomas Fancutt 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Imamura had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (6-3 6-1). During the match Imamura scored 54 points vs Fancutt’s 38. Masamichi was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Imamura scored 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Masamichi Imamura was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Fancutt 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Imamura hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Masamichi’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Changwon,M15 Tokyo,M25 Roehampton and M25 Takasaki.
Imamura has a compiled 52-23 win-loss record in 2024, 45-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Schoolkate | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 38 |
| Pts | 142-103 | 128-102 |
| Total Points | 245 | 230 |
| Winners | 59 | 61 |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% |
Both Schoolkate and Imamura played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Schoolkate and Imamura have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Schoolkate played 4 games less than Imamura. Tristan scored 59 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Masamichi blasted 61 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Schoolkate | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 15.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 74/120 | 80/115 |
| %1st in | 62% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 59/74 | 61/80 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Schoolkate bagged 31 aces (15.5 per match). Imamura struck 8 aces (4 per match). Schoolkate won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Schoolkate | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 90% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Imamura broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Schoolkate | ||||
| R1 Delaney |
R2 Bouzige |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 34 | |
| pts | 76-59 | 66-44 | 142-103 | |
| Total points | 135 | 110 | 245 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 14 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 37/55 | 74/120 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 27/37 | 59/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 73% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 8/18 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 5/13 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Imamura | ||||
| R1 Sinclair |
R2 Fancutt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 54-38 | 128-102 | |
| Total points | 138 | 92 | 230 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/71 | 34/44 | 80/115 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 77% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 26/34 | 61/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 6/10 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/6 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 67% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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