Valentin Vacherot and Masamichi Imamura will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.31
Masamichi Imamura -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Masamichi Imamura
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Masamichi Imamura since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
7 - 4win/loss
265
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LLWWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-8 | 6-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 201, Vacherot got to the 2nd round after defeating Elmer Moller 5-7 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Moller, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-4). During the match, Vacherot scored 96 points vs Moller’s 87. The Monegasque was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vacherot recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Vacherot broke Moller 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Vacherot has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (237-122). 5-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vacherot has an aggregate 111-42 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Vacherot has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Masamichi Imamura
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-9 | 8-9 | 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. 344 (career-high), the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Kasidit Samrej 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4, Blake Ellis 6-1 6-4 and Jay Clarke 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Imamura had a good straight sets win against Clarke (7-62 6-2). During the match Imamura scored 68 points vs Clarke’s 54. Masamichi was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Imamura bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Masamichi Imamura was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Masamichi broke Clarke 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Japanese has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Masamichi has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 70 |
| Pts | 96-87 | 230-209 |
| Total Points | 183 | 439 |
| Winners | 41 | 104 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Vacherot played 1 match while Imamura competed in 3 matches. Imamura started his run from the qualifications while Vacherot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Vacherot lost 1 set, while Masamichi Imamura surrendered 1 set. Vacherot has played 4 set(s) less than Imamura (3 vs 7). Therefore, Vacherot played 40 games less than Imamura. Valentin scored 41 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 104 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 145/214 |
| %1st in | 68% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 104/145 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 38/69 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Vacherot recorded 6 aces . Imamura bagged 13 aces (4.3 per match). Vacherot won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Imamura won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | Imamura |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Monegasque broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Monegasque conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vacherot | |||
| R1 Moller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 96-87 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 53/78 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Imamura | |||||
| Q1 Samrej |
Q3 Ellis |
R1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 21 | 70 | |
| pts | 103-107 | 59-48 | 68-54 | 230-209 | |
| Total points | 210 | 107 | 122 | 439 | |
| Winners | 51 | 25 | 28 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% | 41% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/104 | 36/49 | 39/61 | 145/214 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 73% | 64% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 25/36 | 28/39 | 104/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 9/13 | 12/22 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/8 | 4/7 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 57% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 50% | 221% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Blake EllisEllis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Aryan ShahShah (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marek GengelGengel (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-75 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Elmer MollerMoller (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Karan SinghSingh (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (7-6(6) 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Aryan ShahShah (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marek GengelGengel (4-6 6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-7(5) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Blake EllisEllis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (2-3) – H2H and prediction
