Tristan Boyer and Shintaro Mochizuki will square off in the 2^nd round of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tristan Boyer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tristan Boyer is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Boyer -> 1.85
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Tristan Boyer vs. Shintaro Mochizuki

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

The last time that they played each other, Mochizuki won 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in M15 Sharm El Sheikh back in 2020.

Tristan Boyer

Ranked no. 117, Boyer reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-1 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Boyer had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-1 7-5). During the match, Boyer scored 70 points vs Krueger’s 51. Boyer was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Boyer blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tristan Boyer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Boyer put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (33/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Boyer broke Krueger 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Boyer has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (141-112). 2-1 on grass in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Boyer has a composed2-2 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.

Tristan has a composed 13-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Shintaro Mochizuki

Ranked no. 164, Mochizuki reached the 2^nd round after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, Mochizuki had a good straight sets win against Herbert (6-4 7-6⁷). During the match Mochizuki scored 72 points vs Herbert’s 67. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Mochizuki scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Shintaro Mochizuki was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Herbert twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Noumea Challenger where he overcame Moerani Bouzige in the final 6-1 6-3.

Shintaro has an overall 21-15 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Boyer	Mochizuki
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	23
Pts	70-51	72-67
Total Points	121	139
Winners	33	28
%Winners	47%	39%

Both Boyer and Mochizuki played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Boyer and Mochizuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Boyer played 4 games less than Mochizuki. Boyer scored 33 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki blasted 28 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Boyer	Mochizuki
Aces	5	1
Avg per match	5	1
1st in	38/62	35/72
%1st in	61%	49%
1st pts	33/38	28/35
%1st pts	87%	80%
2nd pts	11/24	22/37
%2nd pts	46%	59%

Boyer blasted 5 aces . Mochizuki blasted 1 ace . Boyer won 87% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Boyer	Mochizuki
Won	3	2
Converted	3/5	2/5
% Converted	60%	40%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	3	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	1

Boyer broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Tristan had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Shintaro broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Shintaro conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Boyer
	R1 Krueger	Total
Score	6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	70-51	70-51
Total points	121	121
Winners	33	33
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/62	38/62
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	33/38	33/38
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	11/24	11/24
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Mochizuki
	R1 Herbert	Total
Score	6-4 7-67
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	72-67	72-67
Total points	139	139
Winners	28	28
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/72	35/72
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	28/35	28/35
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	22/37	22/37
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Nottingham 2 Challenger

• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FeryFery – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Matteo GiganteGigante (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Colton SmithSmith – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (6-3 6-7(10) 6-3) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Marin CilicCilic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction