Yuta Shimizu and Yusuke Takahashi will face off in the 1st round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 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 Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.61
Yusuke Takahashi -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Yusuke Takahashi
This will be the 5th time that Yuta Shimizu and Yusuke Takahashi face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shimizu won 3-6 7-5 ret. in the 2nd round in M25 Kashiwa back in 2023.
Yuta Shimizu
21 - 24win/loss
352
181
LWLLWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 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. 249, the Japanese will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Hsiou in the 1st round on the 10th of November.
Yuta has a compiled 20-24 win-loss record in 2025, 16-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Yuta has an overall 277-168 record. He has a positive 219-131 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Yusuke Takahashi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-26 | 40-24 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 25-25 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 33-28 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-22 | 17-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-23 | 18-21 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 428, Takahashi will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Uchida in the 1st round on the 11th of November.
The Japanese has a compiled 44-25 win-loss record in 2025, 40-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Takahashi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.
In terms of his career, Yusuke has an overall 325-249 record. He has a positive 276-207 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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