Yuta Shimizu and Rei Sakamoto will fight against each other in the quarter of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.34
Rei Sakamoto -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| 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. 217, Yuta reached the quarter after beating Alex Bolt 7-6(6) 6-1 and Masamichi Imamura 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Imamura (6-4 7-64). During the match, Shimizu scored 81 points vs Imamura’s 78. Yuta was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimizu fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 60% of his first serves in, winning 53% (25/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Imamura 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (252-143). 30-24 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an aggregate198-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Little Rock Challenger and the Playford Challenger.
Yuta has an aggregate 34-28 win-loss record in 2024, 30-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Rei Sakamoto
15 - 16win/loss
412
412
WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 769 (career-high), Rei reached the quarter after defeating Jurij Rodionov 6-2 6-4 and Federico Cina 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Rei had a good straight sets win against Cina (7-5 6-4). During the match Sakamoto scored 68 points vs Cina’s 58. Sakamoto was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto recorded 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 62% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Cina 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Rei’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.
Rei has an aggregate 15-15 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 40 |
| Pts | 158-143 | 133-107 |
| Total Points | 301 | 240 |
| Winners | 52 | 58 |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% |
Both Shimizu and Sakamoto played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Sakamoto have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shimizu played 3 games more than Sakamoto. The Japanese scored 52 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Rei scored 58 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 85/144 | 74/117 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 52/85 | 58/74 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 37/59 | 22/43 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 51% |
Shimizu bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Sakamoto managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Shimizu won 61% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/25 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 28% | 78% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 69% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Shimizu broke his opponents 7 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Rei conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | ||||
| R1 Bolt |
R2 Imamura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 77-65 | 81-78 | 158-143 | |
| Total points | 142 | 159 | 301 | |
| Winners | 27 | 25 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/66 | 47/78 | 85/144 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 25/47 | 52/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 53% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 20/31 | 37/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 4/12 | 7/25 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 33% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Sakamoto | ||||
| R1 Rodionov |
R2 Cina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 68-58 | 133-107 | |
| Total points | 114 | 126 | 240 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 40/65 | 74/117 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 33/40 | 58/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 83% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 9/25 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 36% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/5 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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