Shintaro Mochizuki and Alexander Blockx will face off in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.62
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Shintaro Mochizuki and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Shintaro Mochizuki
25 - 29win/loss
243
129
LLWWLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-31 | 16-20 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 248, Shintaro got to the quarter after defeating Guy Den Ouden 7-5 7-6(3) and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mochizuki had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 6-4). During the match, Mochizuki scored 72 points vs Basilashvili’s 64. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mochizuki managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Shintaro Mochizuki was very effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Basilashvili 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Mochizuki has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (172-149). 16-19 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mochizuki has an aggregate93-82 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Japanese has a compiled 25-29 win-loss record in 2024, 16-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Alexander Blockx
25 - 22win/loss
249
224
WWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-23 | 7-10 | 7-3 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, Blockx got to the quarter after beating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-2 6-3 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-3 ret..
In the 2nd round against Uchiyama, Alexander had a free pass after Uchiyama retired on a 4-3 . scoreline.
The Belgian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde and the Orleans Challenger.
Alexander has an overall 25-22 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mochizuki | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 24 |
| Pts | 157-135 | 87-64 |
| Total Points | 292 | 151 |
| Winners | 57 | 34 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Mochizuki and Blockx played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mochizuki and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mochizuki played 21 games more than Blockx. Shintaro scored 57 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 34 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mochizuki | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 71/139 | 48/75 |
| %1st in | 51% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 57/71 | 34/48 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 30/68 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 59% |
Mochizuki scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Blockx made 2 aces (1 per match). Mochizuki won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mochizuki | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 41% | 75% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Mochizuki conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mochizuki | ||||
| R1 Den |
R2 Basilashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 85-71 | 72-64 | 157-135 | |
| Total points | 156 | 136 | 292 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 29/70 | 71/139 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 41% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 23/29 | 57/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/27 | 21/41 | 30/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 51% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/8 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 80% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Blockx | ||||
| R1 Nakagawa |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 7 | 24 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 26-16 | 87-64 | |
| Total points | 109 | 42 | 151 | |
| Winners | 22 | 12 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 14/18 | 48/75 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 78% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 12/14 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 86% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 3/4 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 75% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 1/1 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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