Billy Harris and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 16. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Billy Harris who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Billy Harris is the pick to win this match.
Billy Harris -> 1.64
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Billy Harris vs. Yuta Shimizu

There is no head to head record between Billy Harris and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Billy Harris

Billy Harris

0 - 3win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
126
High
101
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 39-36 12-13 6-8 7-9 14-6 0-0
2023 59-34 27-15 7-8 14-5 11-6 0-0
2022 46-34 23-13 10-9 9-8 2-3 2-1
2021 51-20 13-5 38-15 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 126, Harris will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Perth Sydney where he lost 7-6(3) 7-5 to Hurkacz in the quarter on the 2nd of January.

The Brit has an aggregate 0-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Harris has an overall 389-247 record. He has a positive 159-97 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Harris's Record

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
195
High
192
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 195, Yuta will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Canberra Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Kypson in the qualifications on the 29th of December.

Yuta has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 257-145 record. He has a positive 203-115 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Shimizu's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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