ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Playford
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ichikawa
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 57% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,775 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Shintaro Imai here.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return 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 | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 6–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 1.63 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | -29.7% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | -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
Imai
0
Ichikawa
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Imai has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Ichikawa's 0%).
| Opponent | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Ryota Tanuma | W 36 76 76 | L |
| Uisung Park | L | L 26 36 |
| Kosuke Ogura | W 64 64 | L 16 26 |
| Kokoro Isomura | W 64 67 64 | L 26 16 |
| Renta Tokuda | L 36 26 | L 36 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Imai | Ichikawa |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.7% | 59.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 81.5% | 70.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.8% | 49.6% |
| Aces / Match | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Break Points Saved % | 46.1% | 62.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 38.9% | 34.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 55.8% | 49% |
| BP Converted % | 41.4% | 42.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 40 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 61 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 57.1% |
| Total Pts Won % | 59.8% | 51.2% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 53% | 48% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Shintaro Imai and Taisei Ichikawa face off in the Round of 32 at Playford 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).
Taisei Ichikawa is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Jangjun Kim (Jun 17).
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