ITF M15 · Round of 16 · M15 Tsukuba
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhu
⚙️ Grinder
Ichikawa
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
⚙️ Grinder vs 🛡️ The Spoiler is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 1,642 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Evan Zhu plays Taisei Ichikawa.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Zhu | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–2 | 6–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.46 | 1.63 |
| ROI % | +58.8% | -29.7% |
| Units P/L | +5.29u | -3.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Zhu
0
Ichikawa
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 8 shared opponents, both Zhu and Ichikawa posted a 63% win rate.
| Opponent | Zhu | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Kokoro Isomura | L | L 26 16 |
| Kosuke Ogura | W 64 63 | L 16 26 |
| Sora Fukuda | W 75 67 63 | W 62 76 |
| Yuta Shimizu | W 61 26 63 | L 63 67 46 |
| Duck Hee Lee | W 64 64 | W 67 75 76 |
| Shinji Hazawa | L 26 46 | W 46 76 63 |
| Karol Filar | L 63 36 46 | W 64 57 63 |
| Ryuki Matsuda | W 76 36 63 | W 75 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Zhu | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61% | 59.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.2% | 70.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 52.9% | 49.6% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| Break Points Saved % | 53.6% | 62.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 34.1% | 34.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.2% | 49% |
| BP Converted % | 47.3% | 42.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 24 | 40 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 38 | 61 |
| Net Pts Won % | 66.7% | 57.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.7% | 51.2% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 33% | 48% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Evan Zhu and Taisei Ichikawa face off in the Round of 16 at M15 Tsukuba on Hard.
Evan Zhu leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Evan Zhu is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Hoyoung Roh (Jun 16).
Taisei Ichikawa is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Jangjun Kim (Jun 17).
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