Shintaro Imai and Taisei Ichikawa have met 1 time since 2024; Shintaro Imai leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shintaro Imai won at Playford (2024).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ichikawa
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,775 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Shintaro Imai.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Imai | Ichikawa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shintaro Imai | Taisei Ichikawa | ||
| 1 or more | 90% | 9/10 | 100% | 17/17 |
| 3 or more | 80% | 8/10 | 47% | 8/17 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 24% | 4/17 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 12% | 2/17 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 6% | 1/17 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/17 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 6–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 1.63 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | -29.7% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | -3.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Imai has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Ichikawa's 0%).
| Opponent | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Ryota Tanuma | W 36 76 76 | L |
| Uisung Park | L | L 26 36 |
| Kosuke Ogura | W 64 64 | L 16 26 |
| Kokoro Isomura | W 64 67 64 | L 26 16 |
| Renta Tokuda | L 36 26 | L 36 16 |
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
Fanming Meng
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Lachlan Mcfadzean
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–56 matches
| Metric | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 50% |
| Sets won | 65% | 51% |
| Games won | 53% | 50% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
