Hikaru Shiraishi and Neil Oberleitner will face off in the 2nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hikaru Shiraishi who should win in 3 sets.
Hikaru Shiraishi -> 1.66
Neil Oberleitner -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Hikaru Shiraishi vs. Neil Oberleitner
This will be the 2nd time that Hikaru Shiraishi and Neil Oberleitner square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shiraishi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shiraishi won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger back in January 2025.
Hikaru Shiraishi
52 - 25win/loss
441
437
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52-25 | 49-23 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-18 | 21-14 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-22 | 50-21 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-6 | 18-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 441, Shiraishi got to the 2nd round after defeating Max Basing 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Basing, Shiraishi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Shiraishi scored 87 points vs Basing’s 79. Shiraishi was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shiraishi struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hikaru Shiraishi lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shiraishi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 57% (28/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Shiraishi broke Basing 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Shiraishi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (150-76). 49-23 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shiraishi has a compiled140-66 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Shiraishi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Hinode,M15 Tokyo,M25 Takasaki and M15 Tanagura.
Hikaru has an overall 52-25 win-loss record in 2025, 49-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Neil Oberleitner
40 - 33win/loss
442
384
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-33 | 5-5 | 33-25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-31 | 3-4 | 33-17 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 10-8 | 15-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 14-15 | 16-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 17-12 | 10-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Neil had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (7-5 6-2). During the match Oberleitner scored 71 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 58. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Oberleitner scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Neil Oberleitner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Oberleitner put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Oberleitner’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Nyiregyhaza and M15 Vienna.
Oberleitner has an overall 40-33 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shiraishi | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 |
| Pts | 87-79 | 71-58 |
| Total Points | 166 | 129 |
| Winners | 28 | 33 |
| %Winners | 32% | 46% |
Both Shiraishi and Oberleitner played 1 match. At the moment, Hikaru Shiraishi dropped 1 set while Neil Oberleitner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shiraishi has played 1 set more than Oberleitner (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shiraishi played 5 games more than Oberleitner. Hikaru scored 28 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Oberleitner recorded 33 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shiraishi | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 42/67 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/49 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 48% |
Shiraishi bagged 5 aces . Oberleitner blasted 10 aces . Shiraishi won 57% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Oberleitner won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shiraishi | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 58% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 2 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 55% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Hikaru broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Neil broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Shiraishi | |||
| R1 Basing | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-79 | 87-79 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 49/78 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Oberleitner | |||
| R1 Hsiou | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 42/67 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Kaylan BigunBigun (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Maxim ZhukovZhukov (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yusuke KusuharaKusuhara – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Sanhui ShinShin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (1-0) – H2H and prediction