Luca Castelnuovo and Shintaro Imai have met 1 time since 2025; Luca Castelnuovo leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Luca Castelnuovo won at M15 Maanshan (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Castelnuovo
💥 Big Hitter
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 54% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 4,242 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Luca Castelnuovo.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Castelnuovo | Imai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Luca Castelnuovo | Shintaro Imai | ||
| 1 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 87% | 13/15 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 5 or more | 53% | 8/15 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 10 or more | 27% | 4/15 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Castelnuovo | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–6 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.44 | 1.31 |
| ROI % | -80.7% | +7.8% |
| Units P/L | -5.65u | +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
Castelnuovo has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Imai's 0%).
| Opponent | Castelnuovo | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong | W 64 60 | L |
| Uisung Park | W 76 63 | L |
Last five matches per player
Franco Agamenone
Intaro Open · Round of 32
Jun 22
Milos Karol
Enea Poznan Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Fares Zakaria
Enea Poznan Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Jurij Rodionov
BOSS OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 6
Mario Gonzalez Fernandez
RISE CENTURION OPEN · Round of 32
Jun 1
Semen Pankin
RISE IRENE OPEN · Round of 32
May 25
Ognjen Milic
Wuxi Open · Round of 32
May 5
Evan Zhu
Wuxi Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 4
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
Fanming Meng
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Lachlan Mcfadzean
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–51 matches
| Metric | Castelnuovo | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 57% | 64% |
| Sets won | 56% | 65% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Castelnuovo | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Castelnuovo | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
