Masamichi Imamura and Giles Hussey will face off in the 2^nd round of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Giles Hussey who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Giles Hussey is the pick to win this match.
Giles Hussey -> 1.35
Masamichi Imamura -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Masamichi Imamura vs. Giles Hussey

There is no head to head record between Masamichi Imamura and Giles Hussey since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Masamichi Imamura

Ranked no. 345, Imamura reached the 2^nd round after defeating Kasidit Samrej 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Imamura had a good straight sets win against Samrej (6-4 7-5). During the match, Imamura scored 71 points vs Samrej’s 61. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Imamura managed to score 8 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Masamichi Imamura was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Masamichi broke Samrej twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).

Imamura has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (148-99). 9-13 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Imamura has an aggregate136-91 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Imamura has a composed 9-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chisinau Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Giles Hussey

Ranked no. 434, Giles reached the 2^nd round after beating Andrei Gorban 6-1 6-1, Ben Jones 6-4 7-6(2) and Robin Bertrand 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Giles had a good straight sets win against Bertrand (7-5 6-1). During the match Hussey scored 65 points vs Bertrand’s 42. Hussey was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Hussey fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giles Hussey lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hussey put 82% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (3/8) on the 2nd serve. Giles broke Bertrand 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Hussey’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

The Brit has a composed 21-8 win-loss record in 2025, 17-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Imamura	Hussey
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	22	56
Pts	71-61	203-142
Total Points	132	345
Winners	37	87
%Winners	52%	43%

Imamura played 1 match while Hussey competed in 3 matches. Hussey started his run from the qualifications while Imamura had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Imamura has played 4 set(s) less than Hussey (2 vs 6). Therefore, Imamura played 34 games less than Hussey. Imamura scored 37 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Hussey fired 87 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Imamura	Hussey
Aces	8	12
Avg per match	8	4
1st in	43/60	115/164
%1st in	72%	70%
1st pts	37/43	87/115
%1st pts	86%	76%
2nd pts	9/17	27/49
%2nd pts	53%	55%

Imamura managed to score 8 aces . Hussey managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Imamura won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hussey won 76% 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	Imamura	Hussey
Won	2	13
Converted	2/13	13/23
% Converted	15%	57%
Conceded	0	8
Saved	0	5
% Saved	0%	63%
Times Broken	0	3

The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. Imamura had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Hussey broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. Giles conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Imamura
	R1 Samrej	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	71-61	71-61
Total points	132	132
Winners	37	37
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	43/60	43/60
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	37/43	37/43
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	9/17	9/17
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/13	2/13
Converted %	15%	15%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Hussey
	Q1 Gorban	Q3 Jones	R1 Bertrand	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-4 7-62	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	14	23	19	56
pts	56-32	82-68	65-42	203-142
Total points	88	150	107	345
Winners	24	34	29	87
%Winners	43%	41%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	5	12
Double Faults	2	3	1	6
1st in	32/47	46/72	37/45	115/164
% 1st in	68%	64%	82%	70%
1st pts	24/32	34/46	29/37	87/115
% 1st pts	75%	74%	78%	76%
2nd pts	6/15	18/26	3/8	27/49
% 2nd pts	40%	69%	38%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	1	6	13
Converted	6/8	1/4	6/11	13/23
Converted %	75%	25%	55%	57%
Conceded	3	1	4	8
Saved	2/3	1/1	2/4	5
Saved %	67%	100%	50%	217%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Tennis Scores in Chisinau Challenger

• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Charlie RobertsonRobertson (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Charles BroomBroom (7-6² 6-7³ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip HenningHenning – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (2-6 7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Robin BertrandBertrand (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6⁶ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alastair GrayGray (6-2 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Stuart ParkerParker – Ilya SnitariSnitari (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Toby SamuelSamuel – Lilian MarmousezMarmousez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Harry WendelkenWendelken (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-6(6) 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Stuart ParkerParker (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cem IlkelIlkel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clement ChidekhChidekh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction