Alex Bolt and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the 1st round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Bolt -> 1.85
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 6th time that Alex Bolt and Yuta Shimizu square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bolt won 7-6(7) 7-5 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger back in September 2024.
Alex Bolt
48 - 25win/loss
160
125
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 26-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Bolt will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Bellucci in the 2nd round on the 14th of November.
Bolt has a composed 48-25 win-loss record in 2024, 26-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Burnie 1 Challenger,M25 Traralgon,M25 Mildura,M25 Swan Hill and the Matsuyama Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 339-247 record. He has a positive 210-163 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-28 | 28-24 | 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, Shimizu will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-4
to Bellucci in the 1st round on the 12th of November.The Japanese has an overall 32-28 win-loss record in 2024, 28-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Little Rock Challenger and the Playford Challenger.
In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 250-143 record. He has a positive 196-113 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
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