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

Shintaro Mochizuki

25 - 29win/loss

Hard
16-19
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-5
Grass
2-5
Rank
235
High
129
LWWLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-33 19-22 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

Matsuyama Challenger
Mochizuki's Record

Alexander Blockx

Alexander Blockx

25 - 22win/loss

Hard
6-9
I Hard
12-10
Clay
7-3
Rank
203
High
203
LWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-24 7-11 7-3 17-10 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.

Matsuyama Challenger
Blockx's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Mochizuki
A.Blockx
!
3h:24
3h:24
Time on court​
1h:46
1h:46
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
!
0h:34
0h:34
2
2
Match played
2
2
45
45
Games Played​
24
24
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
157
157
Total points​
87
87
78.5
78.5
Avg point​
43.5
43.5
57
57
Winners
34
34
28.5
28.5
Avg Winners​
17
17
36%
36%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
1
1
10
10
Double Faults
3
3
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
57/71
57/71
1st won total​
34/48
34/48
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
30/68
30/68
2nd won total​
16/27
16/27
44%
44%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
9/22
9/22
BP won
6/8
6/8
4.5/11
4.5/11
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
41%
41%
Won
!
75%
75%
12
12
Conceded
7
7
6
6
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
6
6
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
6
6
Saved
6
6

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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