Yusuke Kusuhara vs Yuta Shimizu — Yokohama CH Round of 16

Yokohama CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
JPN
Yusuke Kusuhara
#798ATP
28 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 November 2025
hard
JPN6
Yuta Shimizu
#356ATP
1446ELO
1417Hard ELO
27 yrs · 163 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWWL
Kusuhara Y.
6-3 6-3
Shimizu Y.
Kusuhara Y.
662
Shimizu Y.
330

Yusuke Kusuhara defeated Yuta Shimizu 6-3 6-3 in the Yokohama CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yuta Shimizu came in ranked #356, defending the title.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kusuhara Y.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Shimizu Y.

Shimizu Y.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kusuhara Y.

Serve advantage — Shimizu Y.

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
Kusuhara Y.Shimizu Y.
1st serve in·Even
62%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
49%
Service points won·Even
58%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.0
3.5
Double faults / match·Even
2.7
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 71). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Kusuhara Y.
4.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Shimizu Y.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
0.0
Surface form
4.1
0.0Lost last 6
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
6.7
Minutes 14d
7.5
4.0
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Kusuhara Y.Shimizu Y.
Freshness·
—
92

Shimizu Y.: 11 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Final
Sakamoto R.[2]
Uchida K.[8]
4-67-646-4
Semi-finals
Uchida K.[8]
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
6-46-2
Sakamoto R.[2]
Santillan A.
3-66-16-3
Quarter-finals
Santillan A.
Kusuhara Y.
6-36-2
Uchida K.[8]
Nishikori K.[1]
6-26-2
Sakamoto R.[2]
Uchiyama Y.[7]
3-66-36-4
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Oberleitner N.
6-16-3
R16
Nishikori K.[1]
Sin S.
6-46-1
Uchida K.[8]
Taguchi R.
7-56-4
Santillan A.
Bigun K.
6-36-1
Uchiyama Y.[7]
Vrbensky M.
6-36-3
Sakamoto R.[2]
Zhukov M.
6-16-2
Kusuhara Y.
Shimizu Y.[6]
6-36-3
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Mochizuki Y.
6-27-65
Oberleitner N.
Shiraishi H.
7-54-66-3
R32
Bigun K.
Ymer E.[3]
3-0
Nishikori K.[1]
Ichikawa T.
4-66-16-1
Sin S.
Jones L.
3-66-16-2
Shiraishi H.
Basing M.
2-66-26-3
Santillan A.
Imamura M.
6-06-2
Uchiyama Y.[7]
Huang T.
6-47-611
Sakamoto R.[2]
Samrej K.
6-47-61
Taguchi R.
Jones M.
7-636-2
Uchida K.[8]
Chung H.
6-36-0
Ribeiro Marcondes I.
Crawford O.[4]
6-46-4
Shimizu Y.[6]
Takahashi Y.
6-26-2
Kusuhara Y.
Isomura K.
7-56-3
Vrbensky M.
Shin W.
6-36-3
Zhukov M.
Tabata R.
6-46-4
Oberleitner N.
Hsu Y.[5]
7-56-2
Mochizuki Y.
Yamasaki J.
6-47-65