Yuta Shimizu and Marek Gengel will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Taipei Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.41
Marek Gengel -> 2.64

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Marek Gengel

This will be the 2^nd time that Yuta Shimizu and Marek Gengel square off. The head to head is 1-0

for Gengel (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Gengel won 3-6 6-4 6-0 in the 2^nd round in the Brisbane 1 Challenger back in January 2025.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 255, the Japanese will start his run in the Taipei Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 2-6 7-5 6-4 to Rodionov in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of October.

The Japanese has an overall 19-22 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Yuta has an overall 276-166 record. He has a positive 21-15 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

Marek Gengel

Ranked no. 320, the Czech will start his run in the Taipei Challenger after he played his last match in the Olbia Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Molcan in the 1^st round on the 14^th of October.

The Czech has an overall 18-27 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Gengel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Brisbane 1 Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Czech has an overall 338-249 record. He has a positive 31-30 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Taro DanielDaniel (2-6 7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James McCabeMcCabe – Cing-Yang MengMeng (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jason JungJung – Arthur WeberWeber (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sidharth RawatRawat – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marek GengelGengel – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Uisung ParkPark – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Kuan-Yi LeeLee (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Shinji HazawaHazawa – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction