Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.52
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 6th time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yuta Shimizu face off. The head to head is 4-1
for Hsiou Hsu (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.The last time that they played each other, Hsiou Hsu won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2023.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
43 - 29win/loss
219
158
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-30 | 39-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 38-25 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, Yu will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Santillan in the 2nd round on the 6th of November.
The Chinese has a composed 43-29 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Hsiou Hsu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru and the Chicago Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Chinese has an overall 310-185 record. He has a negative 9-14 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Yuta Shimizu
20 - 23win/loss
246
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-24 | 17-17 | 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. 255, the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Taipei Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Uchida in the 2nd round on the 6th of November.
Yuta has a compiled 20-23 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 277-167 record. He has a positive 22-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2023. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Max BasingBasing (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction