Yuta Shimizu and Maxime Janvier will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on TOURLAVILLE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.69
Maxime Janvier -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Maxime Janvier

This will be the 2^nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Maxime Janvier square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Shimizu won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in the New Delhi Challenger back in 2024.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 197, Shimizu got to the 2^nd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese defeated Yevseyev (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 107 points vs Yevseyev’s 98. Yuta was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimizu managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (47/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Yevseyev 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (262-150). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has a composed 20-14 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Japanese has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Maxime Janvier

Ranked no. 283, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Vitaliy Sachko 6-3 2-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The French player defeated Sachko (6-3 2-6 6-3).During the match Janvier scored less points (2) than Sachko. In fact, the world no. 197 won 74 points vs Sachko’s. That means that Janvier was more focused during the important points. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Janvier recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maxime Janvier lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Janvier put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Sachko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

The French player has a compiled 4-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Janvier
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
Pts	107-98	74-76
Total Points	205	150
Winners	47	36
%Winners	44%	49%

Both Shimizu and Janvier played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Yuta Shimizu surrendered 1 set, while Maxime Janvier surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Janvier have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (26). Shimizu scored 47 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Maxime blasted 36 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Janvier
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	72/106	52/77
%1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	47/72	36/52
%1st pts	65%	69%
2nd pts	16/34	14/25
%2nd pts	47%	56%

Shimizu blasted 2 aces . Janvier fired 6 aces . Shimizu won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Janvier won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimizu	Janvier
Won	4	3
Converted	4/10	3/9
% Converted	40%	33%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	7	3
% Saved	78%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Yuta broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Maxime conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Yevseyev	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	107-98	107-98
Total points	205	205
Winners	47	47
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	72/106	72/106
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	47/72	47/72
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	16/34	16/34
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Janvier
	R1 Sachko	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	74-76	74-76
Total points	150	150
Winners	36	36
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	52/77	52/77
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	36/52	36/52
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	14/25	14/25
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger

• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7² 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrien GobatGobat – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Loann MassardMassard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Mae MaligeMalige – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Philip HenningHenning (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Loann MassardMassard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrien GobatGobat – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Clement ChidekhChidekh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Adrien GobatGobat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jakub PaulPaul – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cyril VandermeerschVandermeersch – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur BouquierBouquier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction