Marc Polmans and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Playford Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.68
Marc Polmans -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 5th time that Marc Polmans and Yuta Shimizu square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Polmans and Shimizu (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shimizu won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Yokohama Challenger back in 2023.
Marc Polmans
23 - 25win/loss
321
116
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-28 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231, Marc got to the semifinal after beating Zura Tkemaladze 2-6 6-4 6-4, Shintaro Imai 7-6(7) 3-6 6-2 and Shintaro Mochizuki 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter against Mochizuki, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Polmans scored 86 points vs Mochizuki’s 85. Polmans was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polmans blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Mochizuki 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc has surrendered 3 set in this event to conquer 50% of the points he played.
Polmans has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (321-249). 17-16 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has a composed 189-142 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Cairns.
Marc has an aggregate 23-25 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
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 semifinal after defeating Blake Mott 6-3 7-5, Yuki Mochizuki 7-6(8) 6-2 and Li Tu 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-4 6-2). During the match Shimizu scored 62 points vs Tu’s 49. Yuta was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Tu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimizu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Yuta’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger.
Yuta has an aggregate 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 24-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 60 |
| Pts | 281-280 | 210-165 |
| Total Points | 561 | 375 |
| Winners | 120 | 91 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Polmans and Shimizu played 3 matches. At the moment, Marc Polmans lost 3 sets while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Polmans has played 3 sets more than Shimizu (9 vs 6). Therefore, Polmans played 26 games more than Shimizu. The Australian scored 120 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 91 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 183/283 | 124/190 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 120/183 | 91/124 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 43/100 | 34/66 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 52% |
Polmans recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Shimizu bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Polmans won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 13 |
| Converted | 15/29 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 52% | 54% |
| Conceded | 30 | 11 |
| Saved | 16 | 5 |
| % Saved | 53% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 14 | 6 |
Marc broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 14 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||||
| R1 Tkemaladze |
R2 Imai |
1/4 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-67 3-6 6-2 | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 30 | 28 | 86 | |
| pts | 94-96 | 101-99 | 86-85 | 281-280 | |
| Total points | 190 | 200 | 171 | 561 | |
| Winners | 31 | 50 | 39 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 50% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 54/91 | 69/103 | 60/89 | 183/283 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 50/69 | 39/60 | 120/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 72% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 13/34 | 12/29 | 43/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 38% | 41% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/8 | 5/7 | 15/29 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 71% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 5/8 | 5/10 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 63% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| Shimizu | |||||
| R1 Mott |
R2 Mochizuki |
1/4 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-68 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 18 | 60 | |
| pts | 71-54 | 77-62 | 62-49 | 210-165 | |
| Total points | 125 | 139 | 111 | 375 | |
| Winners | 38 | 27 | 26 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 35% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 43/63 | 32/59 | 124/190 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 68% | 54% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 27/43 | 26/32 | 91/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 63% | 81% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 13/20 | 13/27 | 34/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 65% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 4/6 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Li TuTu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Omar JasikaJasika (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Jake Delaney/Jesse DelaneyDelaney/Jesse Delaney – Tristan Schoolkate/Li TuSchoolkate/Li Tu (1-6 7-65 10-8) – See score progression
- Calum Puttergill/Dane SweenyPuttergill/Dane Sweeny – Rinky Hijikata/Mac KigerHijikata/Mac Kiger (6-4 6-74 16-14) – See score progression
- Seita Watanabe/Takeru YuzukiWatanabe/Takeru Yuzuki – Matthew Hulme/James WattHulme/James Watt (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
