Shintaro Imai and Shu Matsuoka have met 1 time since 2025; Shu Matsuoka leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shu Matsuoka won at M15 Singapore (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
💥 Big Hitter
Matsuoka
🎾 All-Court
Matchup analysis
💥 Big Hitter vs 🎾 All-Court is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 1,361 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Imai | Matsuoka | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shintaro Imai | Shu Matsuoka | ||
| 1 or more | 92% | 11/12 | 100% | 3/3 |
| 3 or more | 83% | 10/12 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 6/12 | 67% | 2/3 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/3 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/3 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Imai | Matsuoka |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 2.05 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | -14.5% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | -0.29u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Matsuoka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Imai's 0%).
| Opponent | Imai | Matsuoka |
|---|---|---|
| Renta Tokuda | L 36 26 | W |
Last five matches per player
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
Yusuke Kusuhara
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Naoya Honda
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 11
Renta Tokuda
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 10
Makoto Ochi
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 8
Toshihide Matsui
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 7
Evan Zhu
M15 Karuizawa · Quarterfinals
May 25
Shion Motoyama
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 32
May 25
Yusuke Kusuhara
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 16
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–29 matches
| Metric | Imai | Matsuoka |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 62% | 52% |
| Sets won | 63% | 55% |
| Games won | 53% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Imai | Matsuoka |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Imai | Matsuoka |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
