
Alexander Blockx and Yuta Shimizu will play each other in the quarter of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.42
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Alexander Blockx and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Blockx


23 - 16win/loss
119
119

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 31-21 | 14-8 | 4-4 | 9-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Blockx got to the quarter after beating Alvin Nicholas Tudorica 7-5 6-2 and Rei Sakamoto 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-2 7-5). During the match, Blockx scored 73 points vs Sakamoto’s 59. Blockx was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blockx fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Blockx has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (95-62). 4-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blockx has a composed17-19 win-loss record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.
Blockx has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu


12 - 14win/loss
209
181

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 14-16 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 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. 218, Yuta got to the quarter after beating Karue Sell 2-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) and Moerani Bouzige 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Bouzige (6-4 6-3). During the match Shimizu scored 64 points vs Bouzige’s 46. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yuta Shimizu was quite effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimizu broke Bouzige 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Japanese has a composed 12-13 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Blockx | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
Tot Games | 40 | 53 |
Pts | 144-111 | 176-162 |
Total Points | 255 | 338 |
Winners | 58 | 77 |
%Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Blockx and Shimizu played 2 matches. At the moment, Yuta Shimizu lost 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t lost a set so far. Blockx has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (4 vs 5). Therefore, Blockx played 13 games less than Shimizu. The Belgian scored 58 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu struck 77 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Blockx | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 9 | 7 |
Avg per match | 4.5 | 3.5 |
1st in | 79/141 | 107/161 |
%1st in | 56% | 66% |
1st pts | 58/79 | 77/107 |
%1st pts | 73% | 72% |
2nd pts | 36/62 | 26/54 |
%2nd pts | 58% | 48% |
Blockx fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Shimizu struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Blockx won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Blockx | Shimizu |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 8 |
Converted | 8/11 | 8/14 |
% Converted | 73% | 57% |
Conceded | 12 | 11 |
Saved | 10 | 4 |
% Saved | 83% | 36% |
Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Blockx broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Blockx lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.
Blockx | ||||
R1 Nicholas |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
pts | 71-52 | 73-59 | 144-111 | |
Total points | 123 | 132 | 255 | |
Winners | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
%Winners | 46% | 34% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
1st in | 43/70 | 36/71 | 79/141 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 51% | 56% | |
1st pts | 33/43 | 25/36 | 58/79 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 69% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 14/27 | 22/35 | 36/62 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 58% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 | 8/11 | |
Converted % | 80% | 67% | 73% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 5/6 | 10 | |
Saved % | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Shimizu | ||||
R1 Sell |
R2 Bouzige |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 7-66 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 34 | 19 | 53 | |
pts | 112-116 | 64-46 | 176-162 | |
Total points | 228 | 110 | 338 | |
Winners | 51 | 26 | 77 | |
%Winners | 46% | 41% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
1st in | 75/110 | 32/51 | 107/161 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 63% | 66% | |
1st pts | 51/75 | 26/32 | 77/107 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 81% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 16/35 | 10/19 | 26/54 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 53% | 48% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/5 | 8/14 | |
Converted % | 44% | 80% | 57% | |
Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
Saved | 3/9 | 1/2 | 4 | |
Saved % | 33% | 50% | 42% | |
Times Broken | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Head 2 Head



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