Yuta Shimizu and Marek Gengel will face off in the 2^nd round of the Brisbane 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on SHOW COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.49
Marek Gengel -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Marek Gengel

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 196, Yuta got to the 2^nd round after defeating Masamichi Imamura 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Imamura (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shimizu scored 77 points vs Imamura’s 67. Shimizu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimizu managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Imamura 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (259-147). 2-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has a composed 205-117 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Shimizu has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brisbane 1 Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Marek Gengel

Ranked no. 254 (career-high), the Czech got to the 2^nd round after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-4 6-3). During the match Gengel scored 63 points vs Nakagawa’s 47. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Gengel recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marek Gengel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Nakagawa twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Marek has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Gengel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	19
Pts	77-67	63-47
Total Points	144	110
Winners	32	29
%Winners	42%	46%

Both Shimizu and Gengel played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Gengel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimizu played 1 game more than Gengel. Yuta scored 32 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gengel blasted 29 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Gengel
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	3	6
1st in	48/72	35/51
%1st in	67%	69%
1st pts	32/48	29/35
%1st pts	67%	83%
2nd pts	14/24	11/16
%2nd pts	58%	69%

Shimizu made 3 aces . Gengel made 6 aces . Shimizu won 67% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Gengel
Won	3	2
Converted	3/8	2/4
% Converted	38%	50%
Conceded	5	0
Saved	4	0
% Saved	80%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

Shimizu broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Shimizu dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Marek broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Gengel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Shimizu
	R1 Imamura	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	77-67	77-67
Total points	144	144
Winners	32	32
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	48/72	48/72
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	32/48	32/48
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Gengel
	R1 Nakagawa	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	63-47	63-47
Total points	110	110
Winners	29	29
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/51	35/51
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	29/35	29/35
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	11/16	11/16
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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