Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.179
Yuta Shimizu -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Juan Manuel Cerundolo and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
39 - 24win/loss
85
71
LWWLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-26 | 0-0 | 53-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Manuel Cerundolo reached the qualifications after beating Calvin Hemery 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Hemery (6-4 6-3). During the match, Manuel Cerundolo scored 66 points vs Hemery’s 54. Juan was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Manuel Cerundolo scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Juan Manuel Cerundolo was very effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Manuel Cerundolo broke Hemery 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Manuel Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (284-172). 2-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Manuel Cerundolo has a compiled11-17 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Manuel Cerundolo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and Gstaad.
Manuel Cerundolo has an overall 39-23 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Yuta Shimizu
16 - 16win/loss
356
181
LWLLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 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. 209, Shimizu reached the qualifications after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Shimabukuro, Yuta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-3). During the match Shimizu scored 105 points vs Shimabukuro’s 97. Yuta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (41/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Shimabukuro 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Yuta has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2025, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Manuel Cerundolo | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 |
| Pts | 66-54 | 105-97 |
| Total Points | 120 | 202 |
| Winners | 23 | 41 |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% |
Both Manuel Cerundolo and Shimizu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuta Shimizu lost 1 set while Juan Manuel Cerundolo hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Manuel Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Manuel Cerundolo played 12 games less than Shimizu. Manuel Cerundolo scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu bagged 41 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Manuel Cerundolo | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 60/104 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 41/60 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 55% |
Manuel Cerundolo blasted 1 ace . Shimizu also recorded 2 aces . Manuel Cerundolo won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Manuel Cerundolo | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 60% | 56% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Manuel Cerundolo broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Manuel Cerundolo quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Shimizu broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Manuel Cerundolo | |||
| Q1 Hemery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||
| Q1 Shimabukuro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-97 | 105-97 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/104 | 60/104 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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