Leo Vithoontien and Shinji Hazawa will square off in the qualifications of the Taipei Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shinji Hazawa who should win in 3 sets.
Shinji Hazawa -> 1.52
Leo Vithoontien -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Leo Vithoontien vs. Shinji Hazawa
This will be the 2nd time that Leo Vithoontien and Shinji Hazawa clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hazawa (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Hazawa won 6-4 7-6(5) in the qualifications in the Brisbane 1 Challenger back in January 2025.
Leo Vithoontien
22 - 27win/loss
691
691
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-30 | 22-23 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-33 | 21-23 | 7-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 24-16 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-11 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 789, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Kai-I Wang 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Leo had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-2). During the match, Vithoontien scored 65 points vs Wang’s 45. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vithoontien recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Leo Vithoontien lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vithoontien put 72% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Vithoontien broke Wang 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vithoontien has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 51% of his matches (100-96). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vithoontien has an aggregate13-14 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Vithoontien’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 San Diego.
The Japanese has an aggregate 22-27 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei Challenger
Vithoontien has never competed in this tournament before.
Shinji Hazawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-26 | 26-22 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-14 | 14-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-15 | 14-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-27 | 49-26 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 829, Shinji reached the qualifications after beating Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Hazawa had a good straight sets win against Kumar Sinha (6-2 6-2). During the match Hazawa scored 60 points vs Kumar Sinha’s 38. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Hazawa made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Shinji Hazawa was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hazawa broke Kumar Sinha 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Shinji has a compiled 25-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vithoontien | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 65-45 | 60-38 |
| Total Points | 110 | 98 |
| Winners | 30 | 22 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Vithoontien and Hazawa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vithoontien and Hazawa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vithoontien played 1 game more than Hazawa. Vithoontien scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vithoontien | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 26/47 |
| %1st in | 72% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 22/26 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 57% |
Vithoontien bagged 2 aces . Hazawa fired 5 aces . Vithoontien won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Hazawa won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vithoontien | Hazawa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Vithoontien broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Shinji broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Shinji was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Vithoontien | |||
| Q1 Wang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 65-45 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hazawa | |||
| Q1 Kumar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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