Mattia Bellucci and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.192
Yuta Shimizu -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Yuta Shimizu

This will be the 3rd time that Mattia Bellucci and Yuta Shimizu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bellucci won 7-5 7-6(2) in the qualifications in Shanghai back in September 2024.

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci

48 - 30win/loss

Hard
31-16
I Hard
6-8
Clay
5-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
103
High
100
LLLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-33 31-18 5-2 9-9 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0
2020 15-6 13-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 104, Mattia will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Landaluce in the final on the 20th of October.

Mattia has a composed 48-30 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Bellucci’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Mattia has an overall 232-131 record. He has a positive 28-24 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Kobe Challenger
Bellucci's Record

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

32 - 27win/loss

Hard
28-24
I Hard
4-3
Rank
192
High
192
LWWWWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-29 35-25 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0
2023 36-24 35-23 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 44-23 36-21 7-1 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-12 12-8 0-0 5-4 1-0 0-0
2020 11-1 6-1 0-0 5-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 215, Yuta will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Sydney Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-3 to Hijikata

in the semifinal on the 2nd of November.

The Japanese has an overall 32-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Shimizu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger and the Playford Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 250-142 record. He has a positive 19-12 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2023. See his history.

Kobe Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

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