Shintaro Imai vs Sora FukudaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Shintaro Imai and Sora Fukuda have met 1 time since 2026; Sora Fukuda leads 1–0. Across all meetings Imai has taken 0 sets to Fukuda's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sora Fukuda won at M15 Astana (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Imai | Fukuda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shintaro Imai | Sora Fukuda | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 82% | 14/17 | 93% | 27/29 |
| Wins a set when losing | 62% | 8/13 | 50% | 10/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 37% | 11/30 | 24% | 12/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 53% | 10/19 | 67% | 16/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 83% | 5/6 | 69% | 11/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 57% | 12/21 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 75% | 15/20 | 77% | 27/35 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 14/20 | 77% | 27/35 |
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. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Imai 0, Fukuda 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
👑 The Complete Package
Fukuda
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 102 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Shintaro Imai.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 29, 2026
M15 Astana
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Imai | Fukuda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shintaro Imai | Sora Fukuda | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 3 or more | 100% | 14/14 | 38% | 3/8 |
| 5 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 10 or more | 7% | 1/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–6 | 5–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.59 | 1.81 |
| ROI % | -20.8% | -8.7% |
| Units P/L | -2.91u | -0.78u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 3 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | KAZ → CHN | KAZ |
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
Imai has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Fukuda's 80%).
| Opponent | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Brand | W 62 61 | W 64 62 |
| Kokoro Isomura | W 64 60 | W 75 63 |
| Hikaru Shiraishi | W 61 61 | L 57 46 |
| Yuki Mochizuki | W 76 36 61 | W 75 63 |
| Kosuke Ogura | W 64 64 | W 63 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Adrian Arcon
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Shunsuke Mitsui
M15 Astana · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Dan Brand
M15 Astana · 2nd Round
Aug 7
Karan Singh
M15 Astana · 1st Round
Aug 5
Sora Fukuda
M15 Astana · 1st Round
Jul 29
Naoki Nakagawa
M15 Tokyo · Quarterfinals
Jul 10
Kokoro Isomura
M15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jul 9
Taki Adachi
Futures 2026
Jul 8
Alibek Kachmazov
M15 Astana · 1st Round
Aug 6
Grigory Shebekin
M15 Astana · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Sergey Petrov
M15 Astana · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Shintaro Imai
M15 Astana · 1st Round
Jul 29
Sanhui Shin
M15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jul 2
Naoya Honda
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jul 1
Shunsuke Nakagawa
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 17
Hyu Kawanishi
Futures 2026
Jun 9
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 31–50 matches
| Metric | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 55% | 58% |
| Sets won | 59% | 61% |
| Games won | 54% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Imai | Fukuda |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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