Masamichi Imamura vs Jay Clarke — Pune CH Round of 16

Pune CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
JPN
Masamichi Imamura
#420ATP
1328ELO
1297Hard ELO
27 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWWLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2026
hard
GBR2
Jay Clarke
#239ATP
1458ELO
1421Hard ELO
27 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLLWL
Imamura M.
6-2 6-4
Clarke J.
Imamura M.
662
Clarke J.
240

Masamichi Imamura defeated Jay Clarke 6-2 6-4 in the Pune CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jay Clarke came in ranked #239, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Imamura M.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Clarke J.

Clarke J.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Imamura M.

Serve advantage — Imamura M.

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
Imamura M.Clarke J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
60%
60%
Return points won·Even
42%
40%
Break points saved·Clear edge
50%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.0
4.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 25). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Imamura M.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Clarke J.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.4Hard Elo 1297
Surface ELO
6.6+124 Hard Elo edge
3.5Overall Elo 1328
ELO gap
6.5Overall Elo 1458
5.4No prior meetings
H2H
4.6
7.2
Surface form
4.5
Fatigue & Travel
6.3
Minutes 14d
4.8
4.0
3-set count
4.0
8.0
Prev. match
8.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

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
Imamura M.Clarke J.
Freshness·Slight edge
91
100

Imamura M.: 8 days rest · 2 matches (14d) · Clarke J.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Cina F.[6]
Gill F.
6-35-77-61
Semi-finals
Cina F.[6]
Ajdukovic D.
7-56-2
Gill F.
Butvilas E.[8]
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Ajdukovic D.
Dhamne M.
3-67-686-4
Cina F.[6]
Gray A.
6-46-2
Gill F.
Kasnikowski M.
0-67-626-1
Butvilas E.[8]
Imamura M.
6-36-3
R16
Dhamne M.
Ivashka I.
6-30-0
Imamura M.
Clarke J.[2]
6-26-4
Ajdukovic D.
Ferreira Silva F.[5]
6-26-2
Gill F.
Nagal S.
7-640-66-3
Kasnikowski M.
Crawford O.
W/O
Butvilas E.[8]
Wu T.
6-33-0
Gray A.
Simakin I.[3]
4-67-677-5
Cina F.[6]
Shimizu Y.
6-16-4
R32
Butvilas E.[8]
Vishal Balsekar A.
6-06-1
Wu T.
Binda A.
6-16-2
Ajdukovic D.
Sin S.
6-26-4
Ferreira Silva F.[5]
Bar Biryukov P.
6-36-4
Gray A.
Michalski D.
6-33-66-3
Shimizu Y.
Carboni L.
6-46-4
Cina F.[6]
Kumasaka T.
6-16-0
Kasnikowski M.
Singh K.
6-36-1
Crawford O.[4]
Huang T.
6-24-66-0
Imamura M.
Jorda Sanchis D.
7-686-4
Ivashka I.
Gomez F.[1]
6-41-67-67
Dhamne M.
Sakellaridis S.
6-47-64
Gill F.
Geerts M.
1-67-696-4
Clarke J.[2]
Takahashi Y.
6-46-1
Nagal S.
Noguchi R.[7]
6-16-2
Simakin I.[3]
Leong M.
4-66-27-610