Yuta Shimizu and Fajing Sun will square off in the 1st round of the Suzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm 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 Fajing Sun who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fajing Sun is the pick to win this match.
Fajing Sun -> 1.85
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Fajing Sun

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Fajing Sun since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Yuta Shimizu

16 - 20win/loss

Hard
13-15
I Hard
2-2
Clay
1-2
Grass
0-1
Rank
246
High
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. 216, the Japanese will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-5 6-3 to Wang in the 1st round on the 14th of October.

The Japanese has a compiled 16-20 win-loss record in 2025, 13-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 273-164 record. He has a positive 216-129 record on hard.

Previously in the Suzhou Challenger

Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.

Suzhou Challenger
Shimizu's Record

Fajing Sun

Fajing Sun

21 - 22win/loss

Hard
21-19
I Hard
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
271
High
198
LWWWLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-24 24-21 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-0
2024 51-27 42-23 7-2 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 32-27 25-22 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-22 32-18 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 250, Fajing will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3

to Zhou in the quarter on the 17th of October.

Fajing has an aggregate 21-22 win-loss record in 2025, 21-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he defeated Alex Bolt in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.

In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 286-226 record. He has a positive 241-182 record on hard.

Suzhou Challenger
Sun's Record

Tennis Scores in Suzhou Challenger

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