Yuta Shimizu and Masamichi Imamura will face off in the 1st round of the Brisbane 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 -> 1.533
Masamichi Imamura -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Masamichi Imamura
This will be the 3rd time that Yuta Shimizu and Masamichi Imamura clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shimizu won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Yokohama Challenger back in 2024.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 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. 196, Shimizu will start his run in the Brisbane 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-2 to Svajda in the 2nd round on the 16th of January.
The Japanese has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Shimizu has an overall 258-147 record. He has a positive 204-117 record on hard.
Previously in the Brisbane 1 Challenger
Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.
Masamichi Imamura
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-11 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-29 | 48-25 | 2-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 36-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-15 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 352, Imamura will start his run in the Brisbane 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he lost 6-2 4-6 7-6(2) to Maestrelli in the qualifications on the 12th of January.
Masamichi has an overall 0-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Masamichi has an overall 139-89 record. He has a positive 127-81 record on hard.
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