Elias Ymer and Masamichi Imamura will face off in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.61
Masamichi Imamura -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Masamichi Imamura
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Masamichi Imamura since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
21 - 29win/loss
315
105
LWWLWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-30 | 5-13 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 314, Elias reached the qualifications after beating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Elias had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-4 7-5). During the match, Ymer scored 76 points vs Shiraishi’s 61. Ymer was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Elias Ymer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 46% of his first serves in, winning 90% (28/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Elias broke Shiraishi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ymer has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (317-284). 7-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ymer has an overall 62-57 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Elias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Elias has a compiled 21-29 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Ymer has never competed in this tournament before.
Masamichi Imamura
55 - 26win/loss
351
351
LWLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55-27 | 47-23 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 36-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-15 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 352 (career-high), Imamura reached the qualifications after beating Shintaro Imai 6-1 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Masamichi defeated Imai (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Imamura scored 80 points vs Imai’s 66. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Imamura blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Masamichi Imamura was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Imamura broke Imai 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Masamichi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Changwon,M15 Tokyo,M25 Roehampton and M25 Takasaki.
Imamura has a composed 55-26 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 |
| Pts | 76-61 | 80-66 |
| Total Points | 137 | 146 |
| Winners | 28 | 36 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Ymer and Imamura played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Masamichi Imamura surrendered 1 set while Elias Ymer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ymer has played 1 set(s) less than Imamura (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ymer played 4 games less than Imamura. Ymer scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 36 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/68 | 48/68 |
| %1st in | 46% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 36/48 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 60% |
Ymer recorded 12 aces . Imamura recorded 2 aces . Ymer won 90% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 57% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ymer broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Imamura conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | |||
| Q1 Shiraishi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-61 | 76-61 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/68 | 31/68 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Imamura | |||
| Q1 Imai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/68 | 48/68 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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