ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Matsuyama
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Ionel
⚔️ The Gladiator
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 59% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,493 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Nicholas David Ionel here.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game 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 | Ionel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–1 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.32 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -49.0% | +3.9% |
| Units P/L | -0.98u | +0.62u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
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Ionel
0
Shimizu
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Ionel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 74% | 59.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 55.7% | 66.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 45.7% | 49.9% |
| Aces / Match | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1.7 | 3.1 |
| Break Points Saved % | 60% | 66.4% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.1% | 27.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.3% | 44.9% |
| BP Converted % | 46.1% | 32.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 5.5 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 19 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 35.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47% | 47.2% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 58% |
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Matchup overview
Nicholas David Ionel and Yuta Shimizu face off in the Round of 32 at Matsuyama on Hard.
Nicholas David Ionel leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Nicholas David Ionel is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Daniil Sarksian (Jun 1).
Yuta Shimizu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andre Ilagan (Jun 5).
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