Harold Mayot and Yuta Shimizu will fight against each other in the quarter of the Suzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Harold Mayot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Harold Mayot is the pick to win this match.
Harold Mayot -> 1.444
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Harold Mayot vs. Yuta Shimizu

There is no head to head record between Harold Mayot and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Harold Mayot

Ranked no. 175, Mayot reached the quarter after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 and Naoya Honda 6-0 3-0 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Honda, Mayot had a free pass after Honda retired on a 6-0 3-0 . scoreline.

Mayot has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (198-162). 15-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mayot has a compiled58-44 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Harold’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Zug Challenger.

Mayot has a compiled 38-30 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Suzhou Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 216, Yuta reached the quarter after beating Fajing Sun 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Takuya Kumasaka 6-0 5-7 7-6(4).

In the 2^nd round, Yuta defeated Kumasaka (6-0 5-7 7-6⁴). During the match Shimizu scored 112 points vs Kumasaka’s 101. Yuta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Shimizu fired 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (49/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Kumasaka 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shimizu has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Japanese has a composed 18-20 win-loss record in 2025, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mayot	Shimizu
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	44	63
Pts	143-109	227-206
Total Points	252	433
Winners	51	93
%Winners	36%	41%

Both Mayot and Shimizu played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Harold Mayot lost 1 set, while Yuta Shimizu conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Mayot and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Mayot played 19 games less than Shimizu. Harold scored 51 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 93 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mayot	Shimizu
Aces	4	4
Avg per match	2	2
1st in	69/119	143/216
%1st in	58%	66%
1st pts	51/69	93/143
%1st pts	74%	65%
2nd pts	28/50	33/73
%2nd pts	56%	45%

Mayot fired 4 aces (2 per match). Shimizu bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Mayot won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mayot	Shimizu
Won	11	12
Converted	11/15	12/25
% Converted	73%	48%
Conceded	5	19
Saved	1	10
% Saved	20%	53%
Times Broken	4	9

The French player broke his opponents 11 times with a 73% conversion rate. Harold conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Mayot
	R1 Uchiyama	R2 Honda	Total
Score	6-4 6-76 7-5	6-0 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	9	44
pts	106-97	37-12	143-109
Total points	203	49	252
Winners	39	12	51
%Winners	37%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	3	0	3
1st in	54/96	15/23	69/119
% 1st in	56%	65%	58%
1st pts	39/54	12/15	51/69
% 1st pts	72%	80%	74%
2nd pts	23/42	5/8	28/50
% 2nd pts	55%	63%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	5	11
Converted	6/10	5/5	11/15
Converted %	60%	100%	73%
Conceded	5	0	5
Saved	1/5	0/0	1
Saved %	20%	–	10%
Times Broken	4	0	4

Shimizu
	R1 Sun	R2 Kumasaka	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4	6-0 5-7 7-64
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	32	31	63
pts	115-105	112-101	227-206
Total points	220	213	433
Winners	44	49	93
%Winners	38%	44%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	67/100	76/116	143/216
% 1st in	67%	66%	66%
1st pts	44/67	49/76	93/143
% 1st pts	66%	64%	65%
2nd pts	15/33	18/40	33/73
% 2nd pts	45%	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/15	6/10	12/25
Converted %	40%	60%	48%
Conceded	10	9	19
Saved	5/10	5/9	10
Saved %	50%	56%	53%
Times Broken	5	4	9

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