Yuichi Sugita vs Shintaro Imai — Kobe CH Semi-final

Kobe CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
JPN2
Yuichi Sugita
37 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 November 2019
hard
JPN
Shintaro Imai
#801ATP
32 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWWLL
Sugita Y.
6-3 4-6 6-1
Imai S.
Sugita Y.
6462
Imai S.
3611

Yuichi Sugita defeated Shintaro Imai 6-3 4-6 6-1 in the Kobe CH semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Shintaro Imai came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Yuichi Sugita came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–3 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sugita Y.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Imai S.

Imai S.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Sugita Y.

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
Sugita Y.Imai S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
49%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
5.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.1
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (137 vs 61). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Watanuki Y.
Sugita Y.[2]
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Sugita Y.[2]
Imai S.
6-34-66-1
Watanuki Y.
Van Rijthoven T.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Watanuki Y.
Nam J.[16]
6-42-2
Imai S.
Moriya H.[11]
6-37-64
Van Rijthoven T.
Soeda G.[3]
6-33-67-66
Sugita Y.[2]
Ramanathan R.[9]
6-26-3
R16
Van Rijthoven T.
Saville L.
7-627-68
Soeda G.[3]
Shimabukuro S.
0-66-37-5
Watanuki Y.
Ichikawa T.
6-26-1
Moriya H.[11]
Tseng C.
7-56-2
Sugita Y.[2]
Gabashvili T.
6-746-36-3
Ramanathan R.[9]
Clarke J.[8]
6-36-3
Imai S.
Tokuda R.
3-66-36-2
Nam J.[16]
Mochizuki Y.
6-31-66-1
R32
Tseng C.
Ito T.[5]
6-33-0
Mochizuki Y.
Uchiyama Y.[1]
7-53-2
Gabashvili T.
Santillan A.[14]
3-66-40-0
Watanuki Y.
Bai Y.[10]
6-36-1
Clarke J.[8]
Tanuma R.
6-33-66-3
Nam J.[16]
Patael B.
6-26-4
Sugita Y.[2]
Chung Y.
6-16-4
Saville L.
Onishi K.
6-26-2
Van Rijthoven T.
Wu T.[12]
6-726-47-63
Ichikawa T.
Lopez Perez E.[7]
5-76-27-66
Tokuda R.
Duckworth J.[4]
6-26-2
Imai S.
Lee D.[15]
6-46-2
Moriya H.[11]
Hazawa S.
7-656-4
Shimabukuro S.
Li Z.[13]
3-67-656-4
Soeda G.[3]
Niklas Salminen P.
7-666-2
Ramanathan R.[9]
Yamasaki J.
6-46-1
R64
Tokuda R.
Kawahashi Y.
6-36-1
Yamasaki J.
Mousley B.
6-24-3
Chung Y.
Takahashi Y.
7-637-61
Mochizuki Y.
Ochi M.
2-66-23-0
Patael B.
Sekiguchi S.
6-36-2
Tanuma R.
Niki T.
6-34-67-66
Tseng C.
Santanna B.
6-36-0
Gabashvili T.
Yang T.
6-26-3
Saville L.
Klein B.
7-646-3
Shimabukuro S.
Saito T.
7-616-3
Niklas Salminen P.
Kadhe A.
7-686-3
Ichikawa T.
Khabibulin T.
6-06-2
Imai S.
Watanabe S.
6-46-2
Hazawa S.
Nakamura R.
7-646-0
Van Rijthoven T.
Oliveira G.
6-16-4
Watanuki Y.
Nishiwaki K.
6-36-4