ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Sydney
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Rai
💥 Big Hitter
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 Ajeet Rai 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 | Shimizu | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | - |
| ROI % | +3.9% | - |
| Units P/L | +0.62u | - |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Shimizu
0
Rai
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimizu has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Rai's 0%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Dane Sweeny | W 75 75 | L 26 36 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Shimizu | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.8% | 73.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 66.2% | 80.6% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.9% | 57.1% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 8 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.1 | 2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 66.4% | 76.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27.4% | 31.8% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 44.9% | 53.9% |
| BP Converted % | 32.4% | 27.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 5.5 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 19 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 35.7% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.2% | 56.7% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 58% | 67% |
Last five matches per player
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
Dragos Nicolae Cazacu
PLOVDIV CHALLENGER · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 21
Robert Strombachs
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Quarterfinals
Apr 13
Lukas Pokorny
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Apr 13
Mikhail Tsapenko
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Apr 13
Matthew Dellavedova
M25 Launceston · Round of 32
Mar 2
Matchup overview
Yuta Shimizu and Ajeet Rai face off in the Quarterfinals at Sydney on Hard.
Yuta Shimizu leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Yuta Shimizu is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andre Ilagan (Jun 5).
Ajeet Rai is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dragos Nicolae Cazacu (Jun 21).
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