Yuta Shimizu and Moerani Bouzige will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.36
Moerani Bouzige -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Moerani Bouzige

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Moerani Bouzige since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 218, Shimizu got to the 2^nd round after beating Karue Sell 2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round against Sell, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴).During the match, Shimizu scored less points (4) than Sell. In fact, the world no. 218 won 112 points vs Sell’s. That means that Shimizu was more focused during the important points. Shimizu was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (51/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. Yuta broke Sell 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Shimizu has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (268-157). 8-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has an overall 211-122 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese has a composed 11-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Moerani Bouzige

Ranked no. 348 (career-high), the Australian reached the 2^nd round after beating Marek Gengel 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-4 7-5). During the match Bouzige scored 58 points vs Gengel’s 52. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Bouzige managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Moerani Bouzige lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Bouzige put 57% of his first serves in, winning 59% (19/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Moerani was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gengel 6 times.

Moerani’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger and M25 Santo Domingo.

The Australian has a compiled 28-20 win-loss record in 2025, 28-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Moerani has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimizu	Bouzige
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	34	22
Pts	112-116	58-52
Total Points	228	110
Winners	51	19
%Winners	46%	33%

Both Shimizu and Bouzige played 1 match. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu dropped 1 set while Moerani Bouzige hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set more than Bouzige (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shimizu played 12 games more than Bouzige. Shimizu scored 51 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 19 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimizu	Bouzige
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	3	5
1st in	75/110	32/56
%1st in	68%	57%
1st pts	51/75	19/32
%1st pts	68%	59%
2nd pts	16/35	13/24
%2nd pts	46%	54%

Shimizu made 3 aces . Bouzige made 5 aces . Shimizu won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Bouzige won 59% 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	Shimizu	Bouzige
Won	4	6
Converted	4/9	6/6
% Converted	44%	100%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	3	0
% Saved	33%	0%
Times Broken	6	4

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Shimizu surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Bouzige broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimizu
	R1 Sell	Total
Score	2-6 7-66 7-64
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	112-116	112-116
Total points	228	228
Winners	51	51
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	75/110	75/110
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	51/75	51/75
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	16/35	16/35
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	3/9	3
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	6	6

Bouzige
	R1 Gengel	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	58-52	58-52
Total points	110	110
Winners	19	19
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	32/56	32/56
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	19/32	19/32
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/6	6/6
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	0/4	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Karue SellSell (2-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (6-3 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 2-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Naoki Nakagawa/Kris Van WykNakagawa/Kris Van Wyk – Mikael Arseneault/Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault/Nicolas Arseneault (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Nicolas MejiaMejia (1-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-6(4) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (6-3 4-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andres AndradeAndrade – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Garrett JohnsJohns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paul JubbJubb – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction