Arthur Cazaux and Shintaro Mochizuki will square off in the 1^st round of the Almaty Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.43
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Shintaro Mochizuki

This will be the 3^rd time that Arthur Cazaux and Shintaro Mochizuki square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cazaux (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Cazaux won 6-1 6-2 in the semifinal in the Jinan Challenger back in October 2025.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 58 (career-high), the French player will start his run in Almaty after he won the title in the Jinan Challenger after beating 6-3 6-2 Mcdonald in the final.

Cazaux has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Jinan Challenger where he beat Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-3 6-2.

The French player won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 202-123 record. He has a positive 20-18 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Almaty

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Shintaro Mochizuki

Ranked no. 102 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2

to Cazaux in the semifinal on the 11^th of October.

Mochizuki has a compiled 40-26 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Moerani Bouzige in the final 6-1 6-3.

In terms of his career, Mochizuki has an overall 215-179 record. He has a negative 13-19 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 6-7³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Amir OmarkhanovOmarkhanov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Bernard TomicTomic (6-1 7-6⁹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Theo Arribage/Albano OlivettiArribage/Albano Olivetti – N.Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthBalaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 3-6 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction