H2H, prediction of Yuta Shimizu vs Blake Mott in Sydney Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 31st October 2024

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Blake Mott

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Yuta Shimizu
Yuta Shimizu

30 - 26win/loss

Hard
26-23
I Hard
4-3
Rank
224
High
203
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-26 28-23 0-0 4-3 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

Shimizu
Sydney Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Blake Mott

Blake Mott
Blake Mott

31 - 23win/loss

Hard
29-18
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-2
Grass
0-2
Rank
483
High
220
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-24 29-19 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.

Mott
Sydney Challenger
Mott's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Shimizu
B.Mott
1h:19
1h:19
Time on court​
!
2h:22
2h:22
1h:19
1h:19
Last match​
!
2h:22
2h:22
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
34
34
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
72
72
Total points​
118
118
72
72
Avg point​
118
118
26
26
Winners
52
52
26
26
Avg Winners​
52
52
36%
36%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
4
4
5
5
Avg Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
8
8
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
26/32
26/32
1st won total​
52/71
52/71
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
9/25
9/25
2nd won total​
19/40
19/40
!
36%
36%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
6/8
6/8
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
38%
38%
Won
!
75%
75%
5
5
Conceded
12
12
5
5
Avg Conceded
12
12
2
2
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
3
3
Saved
8
8

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

Win Loss
Shimizu
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Mott
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2024 2023 2022
32 - 26
31 - 24
28-23
Hard
29-19
4-3
I Hard
1-1
0-0
Clay
1-2

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