Yuta Shimizu and Masamichi Imamura will face off in the 2^nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.74
Masamichi Imamura -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Masamichi Imamura

This will be the 2^nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Masamichi Imamura play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shimizu won 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in M15 Chiang Rai back in 2022.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 217, Yuta got to the 2^nd round after beating Alex Bolt 7-6(6) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Shimizu had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-6⁶ 6-1). During the match, Shimizu scored 77 points vs Bolt’s 65. Shimizu was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimizu blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimizu broke Bolt 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (251-143). 29-24 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a compiled197-113 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Yuta has a composed 33-28 win-loss record in 2024, 29-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Masamichi Imamura

Ranked no. 351 (career-high), Imamura reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-3 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Masamichi defeated Sweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Imamura scored 96 points vs Sweeny’s 81. Masamichi was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Imamura recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Masamichi Imamura was very effective on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Imamura broke Sweeny 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Imamura’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Changwon,M15 Tokyo,M25 Roehampton and M25 Takasaki.

The Japanese has an aggregate 56-27 win-loss record in 2024, 48-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Imamura
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	20	28
Pts	77-65	96-81
Total Points	142	177
Winners	27	42
%Winners	35%	44%

Both Shimizu and Imamura played 1 match. At the moment, Masamichi Imamura conceded 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set(s) less than Imamura (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimizu played 8 games less than Imamura. Shimizu scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Imamura blasted 42 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Imamura
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	38/66	55/82
%1st in	58%	67%
1st pts	27/38	42/55
%1st pts	71%	76%
2nd pts	17/28	14/27
%2nd pts	61%	52%

Shimizu made 5 aces . Imamura scored 2 aces . Shimizu won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Imamura
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/9
% Converted	23%	33%
Conceded	4	2
Saved	3	1
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Shimizu broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Yuta surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Masamichi broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Masamichi conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Bolt	Total
Score	7-66 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	77-65	77-65
Total points	142	142
Winners	27	27
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/66	38/66
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	27/38	27/38
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	17/28	17/28
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/13
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Imamura
	R1 Sweeny	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	96-81	96-81
Total points	177	177
Winners	42	42
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	55/82	55/82
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	42/55	42/55
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger

• Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander BlockxBlockx (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6¹ 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alex BoltBolt (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Lennon Roark JonesRoark Jones (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction