Yuta Shimizu and Blake Mott will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 competed against each other, Shimizu won 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2024.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 224, Yuta reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jacob Bradshaw 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st 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. Yuta was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu fired 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. Shimizu broke Bradshaw 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Shimizu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (248-141). 26-23 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has an aggregate194-112 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger and the Playford Challenger.

Yuta has a composed 30-26 win-loss record in 2024, 26-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Blake Mott

Ranked no. 483, Blake reached the 2^nd round after beating Seita Watanabe 7-5 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Mott defeated Watanabe (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-3). During the match Mott scored 118 points vs Watanabe’s 95. Mott was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, 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. The Australian broke Watanabe 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Mott’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Nottingham,M25 Roehampton and M25 Aldershot.

Mott has a composed 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 dropped 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set(s) less than Mott (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimizu played 16 games less than Mott. Shimizu 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 scored 5 aces . Mott scored 4 aces . Shimizu won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Mott won 73% of the points on 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

Shimizu broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yuta lost 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

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

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• Omar JasikaJasika – Blake EllisEllis (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Marc PolmansPolmans (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Ajeet RaiRai – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emile HuddHudd – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction