Denis Shapovalov and Daniel Altmaier will face off in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.28
Daniel Altmaier -> 3.68

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier

This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Daniel Altmaier face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shapovalov won 7-6(3) 6-3 1-6 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov

21 - 17win/loss

Hard
13-9
I Hard
5-0
Clay
2-5
Grass
1-3
Rank
23
High
10
LLWWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 14-11 2-5 9-3 1-3 0-0
2024 33-25 9-10 5-6 16-6 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0

Ranked no. 26, the Canadian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3 to Sinner in the 3rd round on the 30th of August.

The Canadian has a compiled 21-17 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Dallas where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3 and in Los Cabos where he overcame Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Shapovalov has an overall 330-224 record. He has a positive 146-98 record on hard.

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018 and 2022. See his history.

Tokyo
Shapovalov's Record

Daniel Altmaier

Daniel Altmaier

28 - 29win/loss

Hard
9-14
I Hard
5-4
Clay
13-8
Grass
1-3
Rank
46
High
46
LWWLWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-35 11-16 13-8 9-8 1-3 0-0
2024 30-34 5-9 19-20 5-4 1-1 0-0
2023 32-31 8-13 21-10 2-5 1-3 0-0
2022 34-31 10-14 22-12 0-1 2-4 0-0
2021 49-27 7-3 36-20 5-2 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 49, Daniel will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-7(7) 6-3 6-4 2-0 ret. to De Minaur in the 3rd round on the 30th

of August.

The German has an aggregate 28-29 win-loss record in 2025, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Altmaier’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Turin Challenger.

In terms of his career, Altmaier has an overall 418-284 record. He has a positive 135-90 record on hard.

Tokyo
Altmaier's Record

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