Shintaro Imai vs Kento Takeuchi — Kobe CH Qualifying Final

Kobe CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Final
JPN
Shintaro Imai
#801ATP
32 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 November 2016
hard
JPN6
Kento Takeuchi
38 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLLL
Imai S.
6-3 6-3
Takeuchi K.
Imai S.
662
Takeuchi K.
330

Shintaro Imai defeated Kento Takeuchi 6-3 6-3 in the Kobe CH qualifying final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kento Takeuchi came in defending last year's round of 32, but Shintaro Imai had been the form player, winning 6 of their last 9 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 Takeuchi K.

Takeuchi K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Imai S.

Even serve battle

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.Takeuchi K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (82 vs 65). 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