ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Brisbane 1
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Gengel
💥 Big Hitter
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,522 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Marek Gengel here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.60 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | +9.8% | +3.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.49u | +0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Gengel
1
Shimizu
Jan 7, 2026
Bangkok Open 1
H Hard · Round of 16
Nov 4, 2025
Taipei
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 30, 2025
Brisbane 1
H Hard · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Gengel's 43%).
| Opponent | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Tomic | L 26 36 | L 64 67 57 |
| Andres Martin | W 62 64 | W 76 76 |
| August Holmgren | L 36 46 | L 67 46 |
| Yusuke Kusuhara | W 62 76 | L 36 36 |
| Renta Tokuda | W 67 60 64 | W 76 16 64 |
| Nicolas Mejia | L 67 63 26 | W 64 62 |
| Moerani Bouzige | L 46 57 | W 64 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Gengel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 67.1% | 59.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 73.9% | 66.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 52.9% | 49.9% |
| Aces / Match | 6.2 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 66.9% | 66.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33% | 27.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 55.2% | 44.9% |
| BP Converted % | 40.4% | 32.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 37 | 5.5 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 31 | 19 |
| Net Pts Won % | 76.4% | 35.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 53.8% | 47.2% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 79% | 58% |
Last five matches per player
Milos Karol
Unicredit Czech Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Dusan Obradovic
Unicredit Czech Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 31
Karl Poling
M25 Louny · Round of 32
May 11
Alessandro Pecci
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Apr 20
Alibek Kachmazov
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Semifinals
Apr 20
Andre Ilagan
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Murphy Cassone
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 16
Jun 4
Dane Sweeny
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Bernard Tomic
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 16
May 17
Andres Martin
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 13
Matchup overview
Marek Gengel and Yuta Shimizu face off in the Round of 16 at Brisbane 1 on Hard.
Marek Gengel leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Marek Gengel is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Milos Karol (Jun 1).
Yuta Shimizu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andre Ilagan (Jun 5).
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