Colton Smith and Shintaro Mochizuki will face off in the 1^st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Colton Smith who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Colton Smith is the pick to win this match.
Colton Smith -> 1.27
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 3.48

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Prediction and head to head Colton Smith vs. Shintaro Mochizuki

This will be the 2^nd time that Colton Smith and Shintaro Mochizuki play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Smith (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Smith won 7-5 6-0 in the qualifications in the Lincoln Challenger back in 2024.

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 144 (career-high), Colton will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Birmingham Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Virtanen in the final on the 8^th of June.

Smith has a compiled 18-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Colton has an overall 57-21 record. He has a positive 4-1 record on grass.

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Colton has never competed in this tournament before.

Shintaro Mochizuki

Ranked no. 178, Mochizuki will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Vicenza Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-0 to Cecchinato

in the qualifications on the 25^th of May.

The Japanese has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on grass.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Moerani Bouzige in the final 6-1 6-3.

In terms of his career, Shintaro has an overall 192-167 record. He has a negative 7-10 record on grass.

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Ilkley Challenger

• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Chris RodeschRodesch (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leandro RiediRiedi – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henry SearleSearle – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Brandon HoltHolt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction