Marek Gengel and Yuta Shimizu have met 3 times since 2025; Marek Gengel leads 2–1. Their most recent meeting: Marek Gengel won at Bangkok Open 1 (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Gengel
💥 Big Hitter
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Marek Gengel.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Gengel | Shimizu | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Marek Gengel | Yuta Shimizu | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 17/17 | 88% | 14/16 |
| 3 or more | 65% | 11/17 | 56% | 9/16 |
| 5 or more | 41% | 7/17 | 31% | 5/16 |
| 10 or more | 24% | 4/17 | 25% | 4/16 |
| 15 or more | 12% | 2/17 | 0% | 0/16 |
| 20 or more | 6% | 1/17 | 0% | 0/16 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.60 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | +9.8% | +3.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.49u | +0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Gengel's 43%).
| Opponent | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Tomic | L 26 36 | L 64 67 57 |
| Andres Martin | W 62 64 | W 76 76 |
| August Holmgren | L 36 46 | L 67 46 |
| Yusuke Kusuhara | W 62 76 | L 36 36 |
| Renta Tokuda | W 67 60 64 | W 76 16 64 |
| Nicolas Mejia | L 67 63 26 | W 64 62 |
| Moerani Bouzige | L 46 57 | W 64 63 |
Last five matches per player
Milos Karol
Unicredit Czech Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Dusan Obradovic
Unicredit Czech Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 31
Karl Poling
M25 Louny · Round of 32
May 11
Alessandro Pecci
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Apr 20
Alibek Kachmazov
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Semifinals
Apr 20
Andriy Poritskyy
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Apr 20
Vadym Ursu
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Quarterfinals
Apr 20
Anton Arzhankin
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Apr 13
Andre Ilagan
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Murphy Cassone
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Dane Sweeny
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Bernard Tomic
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 16
May 17
Andres Martin
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 13
Evan Zhu
Wuxi Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 3
Sho Shimabukuro
Jiangxi Open · Round of 32
Apr 29
Yusuke Takahashi
Jiangxi Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 47–62 matches
| Metric | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 65% | 49% |
| Sets won | 61% | 49% |
| Games won | 54% | 49% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 2 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 1 |
