Yuta Shimizu and Aziz Dougaz will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Thionville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.57
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Aziz Dougaz
This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Aziz Dougaz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dougaz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Dougaz won 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Waco Challenger back in 2023.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 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. 181 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Thionville Challenger after he played his last match in the Brisbane 2 Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 to Langmo in the quarter on the 7th of February.
The Japanese has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 261-149 record. He has a positive 19-13 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Thionville Challenger
Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.
Aziz Dougaz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-23 | 25-17 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-31 | 17-14 | 25-12 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-38 | 28-17 | 9-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 68-33 | 53-23 | 7-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-29 | 38-17 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, the Tunisian will start his run in the Thionville Challenger after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Bergs in the 1st round on the 24th of February.
Aziz has an aggregate 4-9 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, Aziz has an overall 354-235 record. He has a positive 27-24 record on indoor hard courts.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Borna CoricCoric – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Matteo MartineauMartineau (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Lucas PoullainPoullain (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jakub PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Florian BroskaBroska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Philip HenningHenning – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Etienne DonnetDonnet – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction