Ayano Shimizu vs Mei YamaguchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Ayano Shimizu
#572 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
331 meeting · sets 2–1
🇯🇵Mei Yamaguchi
#259 · 27 yrs
7wAyano Shimizu and Mei Yamaguchi have met 1 time since 2026; Ayano Shimizu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Shimizu has taken 2 sets to Yamaguchi's 1. Their most recent meeting: Ayano Shimizu won at W100 Gifu (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shimizu | Yamaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayano Shimizu | Mei Yamaguchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 4/8 | 58% | 14/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 2/14 | 28% | 7/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 6/22 | 35% | 17/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 29% | 2/7 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 48% | 10/21 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 25% | 1/4 | 43% | 3/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 7/8 | 85% | 17/20 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 4/8 | 70% | 14/20 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shimizu 0, Yamaguchi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Yamaguchi
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,501 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Mei Yamaguchi.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Apr 29, 2026
W100 Gifu
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 2.58 |
| ROI % | -63.0% | -26.4% |
| Units P/L | -1.89u | -2.38u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (25% vs Yamaguchi's 0%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Ena Koike | L 36 16 | L 46 46 |
| Momoko Kobori | L 46 57 | L 46 36 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | W 64 26 63 | L 46 16 |
| Emerson Jones | L 26 16 | L 46 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Vaishnavi Adkar
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Priska Madelyn Nugroho
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 24
Yuki Naito
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 16
Liuyan An
Wuning 4 ITF
Jun 7
Hikaru Sato
W100 Takasaki · 2nd Round
May 22
Kanon Sawashiro
W100 Takasaki · 1st Round
May 20
Sara Saito
W75 Kurume · 2nd Round
May 14
Valentina Ryser
W75 Kurume · 1st Round
May 13
Rebecca Marino
W75 Granby · 1st Round
Jul 15
Greet Minnen
Hall of Fame Open - Newport · 1st Round
Jul 9
Ena Koike
W100 Cary · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Whitney Osuigwe
W100 Cary · 1st Round
Jun 30
Zongyu Li
W100 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jun 12
Juliet Jia Wen Zhang
Wuning 4 ITF · Round of 16
Jun 11
Junhan Zhang
W100 Wuning · 2nd Round
Jun 11
Eunhye Lee
W100 Wuning · 1st Round
Jun 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 22–49 matches
| Metric | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 36% | 49% |
| Sets won | 36% | 48% |
| Games won | 45% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W100 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shimizu | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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