Yuta Shimizu and Petr Bar Biryukov will face off in the 2nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on SUB-CENTRE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Petr Bar Biryukov
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Petr Bar Biryukov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-28 | 34-24 | 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. 199 (career-high), Shimizu reached the 2nd round after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (7-5 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 75 points vs Ayeni’s 65. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimizu blasted 3 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 70% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Ayeni 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (256-143). 34-24 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a composed202-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Yokohama Challenger where he defeated Li Tu in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.
The Japanese has a compiled 38-28 win-loss record in 2024, 34-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Petr Bar Biryukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-22 | 43-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-18 | 3-1 | 2-10 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, Bar got to the 2nd round after beating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-4 6-3 and Yaroslav Demin 7-6(3) 7-6(8).
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Demin (7-63 7-68). During the match Bar scored 85 points vs Demin’s 75. Petr was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Bar struck 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Petr Bar Biryukov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bar put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Bar broke Demin 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Kamenogorsk,M15 Tashkent,M25 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Russian has a compiled 43-22 win-loss record in 2024, 43-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger
Bar has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 45 |
| Pts | 75-65 | 156-132 |
| Total Points | 140 | 288 |
| Winners | 35 | 67 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Shimizu played 1 match while Bar competed in 2 matches. Bar started his run from the qualifications while Shimizu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shimizu has played 2 set(s) less than Bar (2 vs 4). Therefore, Shimizu played 24 games less than Bar. Shimizu scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 67 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 48/69 | 84/139 |
| %1st in | 70% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 67/84 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 20/55 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 36% |
Shimizu struck 3 aces . Bar made 20 aces (10 per match). Shimizu won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Bar won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 57% | 47% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Shimizu broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Bar conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||
| R1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 75-65 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/69 | 48/69 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Bar | |||||
| Q1 Huang |
Q3 Takahashi |
R1 Demin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 26 | 64 | |
| pts | 71-57 | – | 85-75 | 156-132 | |
| Total points | 128 | 0 | 160 | 288 | |
| Winners | 28 | 39 | 67 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 16 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 35/62 | / | 49/77 | 84/139 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 0% | 64% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | / | 39/49 | 67/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 0% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/27 | / | 13/28 | 20/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 0% | 46% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 6/10 | / | 3/9 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 0% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/ | 1/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | – | 25% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WLWLWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-71 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Philip HenningHenning (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Ryotaro TaguchiTaguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-63 7-68) – See score progression
- Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Dane SweenySweeny (7-610 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-6(3) 7-6(8)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
