Fanming Meng and Shintaro Imai have met 1 time since 2026; Shintaro Imai leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shintaro Imai won at M15 Luan (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Meng
⚙️ Grinder
Imai
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,616 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Shintaro Imai.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Meng | Imai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Fanming Meng | Shintaro Imai | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 9/12 | 92% | 11/12 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 83% | 10/12 |
| 5 or more | 17% | 2/12 | 50% | 6/12 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 8% | 1/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/12 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Meng | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 3.33 | 1.31 |
| ROI % | -52.0% | +7.8% |
| Units P/L | -3.12u | +0.39u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 3 shared opponents, both Meng and Imai posted a 67% win rate.
| Opponent | Meng | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Tianhui Zhang | W 61 00 | W |
| Lachlan Mcfadzean | L 16 26 | W 64 64 |
| Chase Ferguson | W 61 76 | L 36 64 36 |
Last five matches per player
Pawit Sornlaksup
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 10
Thantub Suksumrarn
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Ryder Jackson
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 7
Yue Xia
M15 Luan · Round of 32
Jun 1
Tianhui Zhang
M15 Luan · Round of 16
Jun 1
Matthew Dellavedova
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Yuichiro Inui
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 25
Shintaro Imai
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Tianhui Zhang
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Uisung Park
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Ye Chen
Futures 2026 ·
May 30
Kai-I Wang
Futures 2026 ·
May 27
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Luan · Semifinals
May 25
Kai I Wang
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 25
Fanming Meng
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 29–32 matches
| Metric | Meng | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 41% | 62% |
| Sets won | 41% | 63% |
| Games won | 46% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Meng | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Meng | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
