Yuta Shimizu and Blake Mott will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.32
Blake Mott -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Blake Mott
This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Blake Mott play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shimizu won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2024.
Yuta Shimizu
| 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. 224, Shimizu got to the 2nd round after defeating Jacob Bradshaw 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Bradshaw (6-3 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 72 points vs Bradshaw’s 59. Shimizu was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 56% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Bradshaw 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (248-141). 26-23 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a composed194-112 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Shimizu’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger and the Playford Challenger.
Shimizu has an overall 30-26 win-loss record in 2024, 26-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Blake Mott
31 - 23win/loss
529
220
LWWWWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-25 | 33-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-13 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-5 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 483, Mott got to the 2nd round after defeating Seita Watanabe 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blake defeated Watanabe (7-5 6-75 6-3). During the match Mott scored 118 points vs Watanabe’s 95. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Mott struck 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Blake Mott lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Mott put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (52/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Mott broke Watanabe 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Blake’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Nottingham,M25 Roehampton and M25 Aldershot.
The Australian has a compiled 31-23 win-loss record in 2024, 29-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Mott |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 |
| Pts | 72-59 | 118-95 |
| Total Points | 131 | 213 |
| Winners | 26 | 52 |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Shimizu and Mott played 1 match. At the moment, Blake Mott surrendered 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set(s) less than Mott (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimizu played 16 games less than Mott. The Japanese scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Blake fired 52 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Mott |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 71/111 |
| %1st in | 56% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 52/71 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 48% |
Shimizu fired 5 aces . Mott blasted 4 aces . Shimizu won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Mott won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Mott |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Yuta broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Blake conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Bradshaw |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 72-59 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 32/57 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 9/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mott | |||
| R1 Watanabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 118-95 | 118-95 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 71/111 | 71/111 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 52/71 | 52/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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