Shintaro Imai vs Young Seok Kim — Kobe CH Qualifying Round 1

Kobe CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
JPN
Shintaro Imai
#801ATP
32 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 November 2016
hard
KOR
Young Seok Kim
31 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Imai S.
6-1 6-2
Kim Y.
Imai S.
662
Kim Y.
120

Shintaro Imai defeated Young Seok Kim 6-1 6-2 in the Kobe CH qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Young Seok Kim came in defending last year's round of 32, but Shintaro Imai had been the form player, winning 6 of their last 10 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Imai S.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Kim Y.

Kim Y.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Imai S.

Serve advantage — Imai S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Imai S.Kim Y.
1st serve in·Even
56%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
71%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
55%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
59%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.9
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (82 vs 19). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Q3
Uesugi K.
Shimabukuro S.
6-31-66-2
Lee K.[4]
Mochizuki Y.
6-14-66-3
Imai S.
Takeuchi K.[6]
6-36-3
Kim C.[1]
Betov S.[7]
6-36-2
Q2
Mochizuki Y.
Shiga M.[5]
6-36-2
Lee K.[4]
Tashiro Y.
6-36-3
Takeuchi K.[6]
Tokuda R.
7-6116-0
Imai S.
Rungkat C.[3]
7-616-2
Uesugi K.
Hazawa S.
6-46-736-4
Shimabukuro S.
Moritani S.
6-27-63
Betov S.[7]
Ito Y.
6-756-47-5
Kim C.[1]
Watanuki Y.
6-37-62
Q1
Takeuchi K.[6]
Nishiwaki K.
6-06-2
Shiga M.[5]
Okamura I.
6-36-1
Mochizuki Y.
Ono M.
2-66-36-4
Tashiro Y.
Komura T.
7-646-4
Lee K.[4]
Kato S.
6-16-3
Tokuda R.
Kikuchi G.
6-36-3
Imai S.
Kim Y.
6-16-2
Rungkat C.[3]
Tagashira K.
6-36-2
Uesugi K.
Shyla Y.[8]
3-66-36-3
Hazawa S.
Fujii S.
6-26-1
Moritani S.
Nakamura R.
6-16-2
Shimabukuro S.
Niki T.[2]
3-66-37-5
Betov S.[7]
Kobayashi M.
6-26-1
Ito Y.
Tanuma R.
6-36-2
Watanuki Y.
Wu T.
7-606-4
Kim C.[1]
Kato D.
6-26-2