Tyler Zink and Shunsuke Mitsui will square off in the 1^st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. 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 Shunsuke Mitsui who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Shunsuke Mitsui is the pick to win this match.
Shunsuke Mitsui -> 1.61
Tyler Zink -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Tyler Zink vs. Shunsuke Mitsui

This will be the 3^rd time that Tyler Zink and Shunsuke Mitsui clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Zink won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Champaign Challenger back in November 2025.

Tyler Zink

Ranked no. 298, Tyler reached the 1^st round after beating Shunsuke Mitsui 7-6(5) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Tyler had a good straight sets win against Mitsui (7-6⁵ 6-1). During the match, Zink scored 73 points vs Mitsui’s 65. Zink was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zink bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tyler Zink lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zink put 61% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Tyler broke Mitsui 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Zink has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (101-82). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zink has an aggregate19-14 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

Tyler’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Orange Park and the Tiburon Challenger.

Zink has an overall 37-30 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Shunsuke Mitsui

Ranked no. 624 (career-high), Mitsui got to the 1^st round after defeating Benedict Graft 6-2 6-0, Ryan Seggerman 6-7(4) 6-3 6-4

and Tyler Zink 7-6(5) 6-1.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Luan,Salem and M15 Lexington.

Mitsui has a composed 29-10 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Mitsui has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zink	Mitsui
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	20	46
Pts	73-65	166-114
Total Points	138	280
Winners	27	63
%Winners	37%	38%

Zink played 1 match while Mitsui competed in 2 matches. Mitsui started his run from the qualifications while Zink had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Shunsuke Mitsui dropped 1 set while Tyler Zink hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zink has played 3 set(s) less than Mitsui (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zink played 26 games less than Mitsui. Zink scored 27 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Mitsui managed to score 63 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zink	Mitsui
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	3	1
1st in	42/69	82/128
%1st in	61%	64%
1st pts	27/42	63/82
%1st pts	64%	77%
2nd pts	14/27	36/46
%2nd pts	52%	78%

Zink managed to score 3 aces . Mitsui scored 2 aces (1 per match). Zink won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Mitsui won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zink	Mitsui
Won	5	8
Converted	5/12	8/12
% Converted	42%	67%
Conceded	6	4
Saved	4	3
% Saved	67%	75%
Times Broken	2	1

Tyler broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mitsui broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Mitsui conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Zink
	R1 Mitsui	Total
Score	7-65 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-65	73-65
Total points	138	138
Winners	27	27
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/69	42/69
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	27/42	27/42
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Mitsui
	Q1 Graft	Q3 Seggerman	R1 Zink	Total
Score	6-2 6-0	6-74 6-3 6-4	7-65 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	32	20	66
pts	52-22	114-92	–	166-114
Total points	74	206	0	280
Winners	18	45		63
%Winners	35%	39%	0%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	2
Double Faults	2	1		3
1st in	21/35	61/93	/	82/128
% 1st in	60%	66%	0%	64%
1st pts	18/21	45/61	/	63/82
% 1st pts	86%	74%	0%	77%
2nd pts	10/14	26/32	/	36/46
% 2nd pts	71%	81%	0%	78%
Breaks
Won	5	3		8
Converted	5/6	3/6	/	8/12
Converted %	83%	50%	0%	67%
Conceded	0	4		4
Saved	0/0	3/4	0/	3
Saved %	–	75%	–	75%
Times Broken	0	1		1

Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger

• Micah BraswellBraswell – Johannus MondayMonday (7-6⁸ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tyler ZinkZink – Shunsuke MitsuiMitsui (7-6⁵ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Leo BorgBorg (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam JillyJilly – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MartinezMartinez – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (7-5 3-6 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Murphy CassoneCassone – Hoyoung RohRoh (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adhithya GanesanGanesan – Oliver OkonkwoOkonkwo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jay Dylan Hara FriendDylan Hara Friend – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Tyler ZinkZink (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aidan MchughMchugh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction