H2H, prediction of Alexander Blockx vs Yuta Shimizu in Winnipeg Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 12th July 2025

PREVIEW. Winnipeg Challenger. Blockx and Shimizu will face off in the quarter of the Winnipeg Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 11th of July

Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Yuta Shimizu

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Alexander Blockx
Alexander Blockx

23 - 16win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
9-5
Clay
4-4
Grass
4-4
Rank
119
High
119
LWWWLWLWLW
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.

Blockx
Winnipeg Challenger
Blockx's Record

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu
Yuta Shimizu

12 - 14win/loss

Hard
9-9
I Hard
2-2
Clay
1-2
Grass
0-1
Rank
209
High
181
LWLWLWWLLW
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.

Shimizu
Winnipeg Challenger
Shimizu's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Blockx
Y.Shimizu
2h:49
2h:49
Time on court​
3h:51
3h:51
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
2
2
Match played
2
2
40
40
Games Played​
53
53
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
144
144
Total points​
176
176
72
72
Avg point​
88
88
58
58
Winners
77
77
29
29
Avg Winners​
38.5
38.5
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
7
7
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
8
8
Double Faults
7
7
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
58/79
58/79
1st won total​
77/107
77/107
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
36/62
36/62
2nd won total​
26/54
26/54
58%
58%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
8/11
8/11
BP won
8/14
8/14
4/5.5
4/5.5
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
73%
73%
Won
!
57%
57%
12
12
Conceded
11
11
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
2
2
Broken
7
7
1
1
Avg Broken
3.5
3.5
10
10
Saved
4
4

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

Win Loss
Blockx
LWWWLWLWLW
Shimizu
LWLWLWWLLW
2025 2024 2023
31 - 20
14 - 16
14-8
Hard
11-11
9-4
I Hard
2-2
4-4
Clay
1-2
4-4
Grass
0-1

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

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