Yuta Shimizu and Benoit Paire will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Tunis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Benoit Paire who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benoit Paire is the pick to win this match.
Benoit Paire -> 1.7
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Benoit Paire
This will be the 2nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Benoit Paire square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Paire won 3-6 6-0 6-2 in the final in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger back in 2023.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-10 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 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. 193, Yuta will start his run in the Tunis Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Walton in the 2nd round on the 17th of April.
Yuta has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 264-152 record. He has a positive 26-10 record on clay.
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 556, Benoit will start his run in the Tunis Challenger after he played his last match in the Francavilla Challenger where he lost 1-6 6-0 6-1 to Maestrelli in the quarter on the 9th of May.
Benoit has an overall 7-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Benoit has an overall 576-515 record. He has a positive 267-209 record on clay.
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