Ayano Shimizu vs Yidi YangPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W50 Guiyang
- Level
- ITF W50
- Round
- 1st Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 6 · 3:00 AM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 1.57 or shorter, Yidi Yang has won 16 of 20 (80%). The price implied 68%, so Yidi Yang has beaten it by 12 points.
At 2.25 or longer, Ayano Shimizu has won 4 of 10 (40%). The price implied 36%, so Ayano Shimizu has beaten it by 4 points.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Ayano Shimizu and Yidi Yang meet in first round qualifying at the W50 Guiyang on September 6 on hard court. Shimizu carries a ranking of 579; Yang sits at 368. Neither player has faced the other before.
Shimizu has won two of her last five matches, while Yang has taken one of five. Yang leads their common opponents 2-1 in head-to-head results, though both players fell to Natsumi Kawaguchi and Sara Saito in recent outings. On hard court, Yang has compiled a 12-8 record; Shimizu stands at 9-11 over a comparable sample.
Shimizu moves freely across the court with an all-court approach, mixing pace and court positioning. Yang prefers to sit back and counterpunch, letting opponents come to her. The surface favors aggressive ball striking, which asks Shimizu to dictate points early and Yang to stay composed under pressure and convert openings when they arrive.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shimizu | Yang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayano Shimizu | Yidi Yang | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 10/15 | 74% | 23/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 15% | 3/20 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 8/35 | 33% | 19/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 29% | 4/14 | 46% | 13/28 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 12/18 | 64% | 14/22 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 17% | 1/6 | 33% | 3/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 87% | 13/15 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 67% | 10/15 | 74% | 23/31 |
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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🎾 All-Court
Yang
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,607 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Shimizu and Yang have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Shimizu | Yang | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Ayano Shimizu | Yidi Yang | ||
| 1 or more | 40% | 2/5 | 43% | 3/7 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/5 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–5 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.02 | 1.61 |
| ROI % | -75.3% | -59.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.52u | -3.54u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 2 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POR → USA → ITA | USA → ITA |
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
Yang has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Shimizu's 25%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Mei Yamaguchi | W 64 26 63 | W 63 63 |
| Hikaru Sato | L 36 46 | W 62 64 |
| Sara Saito | L 46 46 | L 57 24 |
| Natsumi Kawaguchi | L 16 26 | L 63 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Eunhye Lee
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 30
Vaishnavi Adkar
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Eunchae Kim
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Xiaochuan Nie
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Arina Gabriela Vasilescu
W50 Hamburg · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Priska Madelyn Nugroho
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 24
Yuki Naito
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 16
Reina Goto
W100 Wuning · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Jiaqi Wang
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 1
Peangtarn Plipuech
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Unknown Player
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Unknown Player
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Alisa Vasileva
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 19
Junhan Zhang
W35 Zhengzhou · 1st Round
Jun 17
Mai Hontama
W100 Wuning · 2nd Round
Jun 11
Kira Pavlova
W100 Wuning · 1st Round
Jun 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–57 matches
| Metric | Shimizu | Yang |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 43% | 54% |
| Sets won | 42% | 55% |
| Games won | 47% | 52% |