ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Yokohama
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🛡️ The Spoiler
Sakamoto
💥 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 Rei Sakamoto 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 | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 8–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | 2.07 |
| ROI % | +3.9% | -5.9% |
| Units P/L | +0.62u | -0.89u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Shimizu
0
Sakamoto
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Sakamoto has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Shimizu's 33%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Vilius Gaubas | L 76 46 46 | L 67 76 67 |
| Taro Daniel | W 63 62 | W 76 62 |
| Federico Cina | L 16 46 | W 67 63 62 |
| Kaichi Uchida | L 16 26 | W 46 76 64 |
| Nicolas Mejia | W 64 62 | W 67 63 63 |
| Alexander Blockx | L 26 46 | L 26 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Shimizu | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.8% | 61.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 66.2% | 67.5% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.9% | 50.7% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 66.4% | 58.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27.4% | 33.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 44.9% | 48.9% |
| BP Converted % | 32.4% | 38.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 5.5 | 25 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 19 | 31.7 |
| Net Pts Won % | 35.7% | 71.5% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.2% | 50.1% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 58% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Andre Ilagan
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Murphy Cassone
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Jun 4
Dane Sweeny
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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
Yibing Wu
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 14
Pedro Martinez
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Alex Molcan
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 16
May 14
Alexandre Muller
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 32
May 13
Chun-Hsin Tseng
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 12
Matchup overview
Yuta Shimizu and Rei Sakamoto face off in the Quarterfinals at Yokohama 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).
Rei Sakamoto is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Yibing Wu (Jun 14).
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