ITF M · Futures 2026
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Imai
💥 Big Hitter
Zhang
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 59% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,694 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Shintaro Imai 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 | Imai | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.31 | 3.65 |
| ROI % | +7.8% | +16.6% |
| Units P/L | +0.39u | +0.83u |
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
Zhang
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Imai has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Zhang's 33%).
| Opponent | Imai | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Fanming Meng | W 75 61 | L 16 00 |
| Yan Cheng Chen | L 46 46 | W 46 75 64 |
| Kosuke Ogura | W 64 64 | L 46 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Imai | Zhang |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.3% | 63.3% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 79.7% | 67.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.4% | 52.2% |
| Aces / Match | 4.9 | 2.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 49.6% | 60.7% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 38.3% | 30.2% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 53.8% | 51.6% |
| BP Converted % | 39.4% | 53.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 18 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 45 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 78.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 58.1% | 50.8% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 58% | 54% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Shintaro Imai and Tianhui Zhang face off in the match at Futures 2026 on Hard.
Shintaro Imai leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Shintaro Imai is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Jun 18).
Tianhui Zhang is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Shintaro Imai (Jun 16).
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