Shintaro Imai and Tomohiro Masabayashi have met 1 time since 2025; Shintaro Imai leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shintaro Imai won at M15 Tokyo (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Masabayashi
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 71% vs 🏃 Pusher across 599 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Shintaro Imai.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Imai | Masabayashi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Shintaro Imai | Tomohiro Masabayashi | ||
| 1 or more | 90% | 9/10 | 88% | 7/8 |
| 3 or more | 80% | 8/10 | 38% | 3/8 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 5/10 | 13% | 1/8 |
| 10 or more | 10% | 1/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/10 | 0% | 0/8 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Imai | Masabayashi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 1–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 5.17 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | -79.3% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | -5.55u |
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 (50% vs Masabayashi's 0%).
| Opponent | Imai | Masabayashi |
|---|---|---|
| Chase Ferguson | L 36 64 36 | L 26 16 |
| Ryota Tanuma | W 36 76 76 | L 26 14 |
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
Saki Tange
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 14
Hikaru Shiraishi
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 16
May 25
Lennon Roark Jones
M15 Karuizawa · Round of 32
May 25
Taiyo Yamanaka
KARNATAKA OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 11
Sergey Betov
KARNATAKA OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 10
Nitin Kumar Sinha
S M KRISHNA MEMORIAL OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 1
Ergi Kirkin
Shymkent Challenger 2 · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 27
Patrick Zahraj
Renault Busan Open Tennis Championships · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 12
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–28 matches
| Metric | Imai | Masabayashi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 64% | 18% |
| Sets won | 65% | 25% |
| Games won | 53% | 40% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Imai | Masabayashi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Imai | Masabayashi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
