Li Tu and Shintaro Mochizuki will square off in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.
Li Tu -> 1.53
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
This will be the 2nd time that Li Tu and Shintaro Mochizuki face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mochizuki (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Mochizuki won 7-6(3) 1-6 7-6(1) in the qualifications in Chengdu back in September 2024.
Li Tu
36 - 25win/loss
174
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Tu will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-3 to Cina in the 2nd round on the 7th of November.
Tu has a composed 36-25 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Tu’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 165-90 record. He has a positive 17-12 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Shintaro Mochizuki
25 - 30win/loss
235
129
| 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, Mochizuki will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(2) to Blockx in the quarter on the 8th of November.
Shintaro has a compiled 25-30 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, Shintaro has an overall 172-150 record. He has a negative 13-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
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