ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 64 · Yokkaichi
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Tajima
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚙️ Grinder is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 4,082 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Shintaro Imai plays Naoki Tajima.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Imai | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 1.73 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | -64.7% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | -1.94u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Imai
0
Tajima
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Imai has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Tajima's 50%).
| Opponent | Imai | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Maxim Zhukov | W 64 64 | L 26 36 |
| Kokoro Isomura | W 64 67 64 | W 63 64 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Imai | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.7% | 56.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 81.5% | 68.1% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.8% | 46.6% |
| Aces / Match | 4.8 | 5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 46.1% | 34% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 38.9% | 32.7% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 55.8% | 45.1% |
| BP Converted % | 41.4% | 32.5% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 34 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 25 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 63.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 59.8% | 48.7% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 53% | 50% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Shintaro Imai and Naoki Tajima face off in the Round of 64 at Yokkaichi on Hard.
Shintaro Imai leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Shintaro Imai is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Jun 18).
Naoki Tajima is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dinko Dinev (Jun 22).
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