Shintaro Imai and Zhe Li will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Imai who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shintaro Imai is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Imai -> 1.38
Zhe Li -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Imai vs. Zhe Li

This will be the 2^nd time that Shintaro Imai and Zhe Li clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Li (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Li won 6-3 6-1 in the 2^nd round in the Gwangju Challenger back in 2019.

Shintaro Imai

Ranked no. 513, Imai reached the 1^st round after beating Woobin Shin 6-2 6-4 and Hyeon Chung 0-6 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Chung, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Imai scored 114 points vs Chung’s 112. Imai was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Imai struck 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Shintaro Imai lost the serve 8 times and he saved 23 break points. Furthermore, Imai put 58% of his first serves in, winning 54% (43/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (25/59) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Chung 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shintaro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Imai has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (280-161). 14-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Imai has a composed 248-143 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Shintaro’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has an overall 14-7 win-loss record in 2025, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

Imai has never competed in this tournament before.

Zhe Li

Ranked no. 854, Zhe got to the 1^st round after beating Hiroki Moriya 2-6 6-2 6-0 and Yuki Mochizuki 5-7 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications against Mochizuki, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Li scored 97 points vs Mochizuki’s 83. Zhe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Li struck 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Zhe Li was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Li broke Mochizuki 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zhe started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Li has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Imai	Li
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	43	51
Pts	175-157	169-139
Total Points	332	308
Winners	63	68
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Imai and Li played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Shintaro Imai lost 1 set, while Zhe Li surrendered 2 sets. Imai has played 1 set(s) less than Li (5 vs 6). Therefore, Imai played 8 games less than Li. Imai scored 63 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Li blasted 68 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Imai	Li
Aces	14	13
Avg per match	7	6.5
1st in	103/187	96/152
%1st in	55%	63%
1st pts	63/103	68/96
%1st pts	61%	71%
2nd pts	41/84	30/56
%2nd pts	49%	54%

Imai blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Li managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Imai won 61% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Li won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Imai	Li
Won	10	10
Converted	10/19	10/15
% Converted	53%	67%
Conceded	31	14
Saved	23	9
% Saved	74%	64%
Times Broken	8	5

The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Imai lost his serve 8 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Li broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Imai
	Q1 Shin	Q3 Chung	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	0-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	25	43
pts	61-45	114-112	175-157
Total points	106	226	332
Winners	20	43	63
%Winners	33%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	8	14
Double Faults	2	8	10
1st in	23/48	80/139	103/187
% 1st in	48%	58%	55%
1st pts	20/23	43/80	63/103
% 1st pts	87%	54%	61%
2nd pts	16/25	25/59	41/84
% 2nd pts	64%	42%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	7	10
Converted	3/6	7/13	10/19
Converted %	50%	54%	53%
Conceded	0	31	31
Saved	0/0	23/31	23
Saved %	–	74%	37%
Times Broken	0	8	8

Li
	Q1 Moriya	Q3 Mochizuki	Total
Score	2-6 6-2 6-0	5-7 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	22	29	51
pts	72-56	97-83	169-139
Total points	128	180	308
Winners	31	37	68
%Winners	43%	38%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	13
Double Faults	7	0	7
1st in	47/70	49/82	96/152
% 1st in	67%	60%	63%
1st pts	31/47	37/49	68/96
% 1st pts	66%	76%	71%
2nd pts	10/23	20/33	30/56
% 2nd pts	43%	61%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/8	4/7	10/15
Converted %	75%	57%	67%
Conceded	9	5	14
Saved	6/9	3/5	9
Saved %	67%	60%	64%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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