Challenger MatsuyamaChallenger 75Qualifying round 2hardbest of three setsqualifying
Katayama vs Imai: prediction and tips
·
Our tips
Tip in 7h 54mFor matches from 3 pm UK time we publish the tips at noon on match day, for earlier ones 3 hours before the order-of-play time.
Match chances
Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength.
Winner
Sho Katayama32%
Shintaro Imai68%
Elo: S. Katayama 35% · S. Imai 65%
from the market (no margin)
Set score
2:0 S. Katayama18%
2:1 S. Katayama14%
2:1 S. Imai22%
2:0 S. Imai45%
First set
Sho Katayama37%
Shintaro Imai63%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes36%
no64%
Total games
Expected total: 23.1
| Line | Over | Under | Tour over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.5 | 74% | 26% | 71% |
| 19.5 | 66% | 34% | 62% |
| 20.5 | 58% | 42% | 54% |
| 21.5 | 53% | 47% | 49% |
| 22.5 | 46% | 54% | 42% |
| 23.5 | 40% | 60% | 37% |
| 24.5 | 38% | 62% | 35% |
Sample: 5,214 matches
Games handicap
S. Imai −3.549%
Tie-break in the match
Tie-break: yes34%
tour average 32%
Bookmakers offer no tie-break bet on this match.
Serve profile (12 months)
Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.
| S. Katayama | Tour | S. Imai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service points won | — | 62% | 61% |
| Return points won | — | 38% | 41% |
| Service games held | — | 76% | 75% |
| Breaks of serve | — | 24% | 29% |
| Aces per service game | — | 0.58 | |
| Double faults per game | — | 0.26 | |
| Sets with a tie-break | — | 14% | |
| Tie-breaks won | — | 1/2 | |
| Wins in straight sets | — | 75% | |
| Matches in the sample | — | 6 |
Form
The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.
Sho Katayama
- 08/11/26WMaximus Jones#493Challenger Matsuyama · Q16:3 6:7 6:4
- 03/11/25LMarc-Andrea Huesler#289Challenger Matsuyama · R324:6 6:7
- 04/11/24LTerence Atmane#73Challenger Matsuyama · R321:6 2:6
- 07/11/23LGeoffrey Blancaneaux#443Challenger Matsuyama · R320:6 4:6
- 08/11/22LYu Hsiou Hsu#304Challenger Matsuyama · R325:7 4:6
Shintaro Imai
- 08/11/26WConstantin Bittoun Kouzmine#498Challenger Matsuyama · Q16:2 6:2
- 27/10/26LYun Seong Chung#622Challenger Seoul · R324:6 3:6
- 26/10/26WUisung Park#754Challenger Seoul · Q26:4 7:6
- 25/10/26WKokoro Isomura#722Challenger Seoul · Q16:2 2:6 6:3
- 05/01/26LHiroki Moriya#455Challenger Nonthaburi · Q26:3 6:7 1:6
- 04/01/26WMaxim Zhukov#821Challenger Nonthaburi · Q16:4 6:4
- 02/08/25LNicolai Budkov Kjaer#182Challenger Astana · SF3:6 5:7
- 01/08/25WAleksandre BakshiChallenger Astana · QF2:6 6:4 6:4
- 30/07/25WEdward Winter#404Challenger Astana · R167:6 6:3
- 29/07/25WAmir Omarkhanov#632Challenger Astana · R326:2 7:6
Elo over the last year
Sho KatayamaShintaro Imai
Record by surface (12 months)
Wins–losses over the last 12 months.
| S. Katayama | S. Imai | |
|---|---|---|
| Hard court | 1–0100% | 4–267% |
Head to head
They have not met yet.
Road through the tournament
Sho Katayama
- 08/11/26WMaximus Jones#493Challenger Matsuyama · Q16:3 6:7 6:4
Shintaro Imai
- 08/11/26WConstantin Bittoun Kouzmine#498Challenger Matsuyama · Q16:2 6:2
Upcoming matches
- Masamichi Imamura vs Ryuki Matsuda, · Challenger Matsuyama
- Koki Matsuda vs S D Prajwal Dev, · Challenger Matsuyama
- Kosuke Ogura vs Hikaru Shiraishi, · Challenger Matsuyama
- Radu Mihai Papoe vs Philip Henning, · Challenger Hersonissos 3
- Pavlos Tsitsipas vs Cezar Cretu, · Challenger Hersonissos 3
- Ioannis Xilas vs Sergey Fomin, · Challenger Hersonissos 3