Masamichi Imamura and Aryan Shah will square off in the qualifications of the New Delhi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Masamichi Imamura who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Masamichi Imamura is the pick to win this match.
Masamichi Imamura -> 1.27
Aryan Shah -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Masamichi Imamura vs. Aryan Shah

There is no head to head record between Masamichi Imamura and Aryan Shah since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Masamichi Imamura

Ranked no. 355, Imamura got to the qualifications after beating Aditya Govila 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Govila (6-4 6-2). During the match, Imamura scored 65 points vs Govila’s 52. Imamura was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Imamura recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Masamichi Imamura lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Imamura put 55% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Govila 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Imamura has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (141-91). 2-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Imamura has an aggregate129-83 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Japanese has a compiled 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the New Delhi Challenger

Imamura has never competed in this tournament before.

Aryan Shah

Ranked no. 593, the Indian reached the qualifications after defeating Blake Ellis 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Shah had a good straight sets win against Ellis (6-4 6-3). During the match Shah scored 59 points vs Ellis’s 50. Shah was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Shah struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aryan Shah lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shah put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Shah broke Ellis 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Shah has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Imamura	Shah
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	19
Pts	65-52	59-50
Total Points	117	109
Winners	21	22
%Winners	32%	37%

Both Imamura and Shah played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Imamura and Shah have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Imamura played 1 game less than Shah. Imamura scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Aryan recorded 22 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Imamura	Shah
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	6	3
1st in	31/56	32/56
%1st in	55%	57%
1st pts	21/31	22/32
%1st pts	68%	69%
2nd pts	15/25	12/24
%2nd pts	60%	50%

Imamura scored 6 aces . Shah bagged 3 aces . Imamura won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shah won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Imamura	Shah
Won	4	5
Converted	4/6	5/7
% Converted	67%	71%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	2	2
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

Imamura broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Masamichi conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Imamura
	Q1 Govila	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-52	65-52
Total points	117	117
Winners	21	21
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/56	31/56
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	21/31	21/31
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Shah
	Q1 Ellis	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	59-50	59-50
Total points	109	109
Winners	22	22
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	32/56	32/56
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	22/32	22/32
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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