Yuta Shimizu and Petr Bar Biryukov will face off in the 2^nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1^st 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.

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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

Ranked no. 199 (career-high), Shimizu reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 429, Bar got to the 2^nd round after beating Tsung-Hao Huang 6-4 6-3 and Yaroslav Demin 7-6(3) 7-6(8).

In the 1^st 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

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