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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

Elias Ymer

21 - 29win/loss

Hard
5-13
I Hard
7-6
Clay
6-9
Grass
3-1
Rank
314
High
105
WLWLLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-29 5-13 6-9 7-6 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.

Kobe Challenger
Ymer's Record

Masamichi Imamura

Masamichi Imamura

55 - 26win/loss

Hard
47-23
I Hard
6-2
Clay
2-1
Rank
352
High
352
WLLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 55-26 47-23 2-1 6-2 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).

Kobe Challenger
Imamura's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Ymer
M.Imamura
1h:36
1h:36
Time on court​
1h:38
1h:38
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
76
76
Total points​
80
80
76
76
Avg point​
80
80
28
28
Winners
36
36
28
28
Avg Winners​
36
36
37%
37%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
2
2
!
12
12
Avg Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
1
1
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
1
1
28/31
28/31
1st won total​
36/48
36/48
!
90%
90%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
16/37
16/37
2nd won total​
12/20
12/20
43%
43%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
4/11
4/11
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
!
57%
57%
Won
36%
36%
6
6
Conceded
5
5
6
6
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
3
3

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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