Ayano Shimizu vs Minami Akiyama Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Shimizu 2 - 0 Akiyama

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Shimizu has won 41.34% of points on their second serve, while Akiyama has won 0%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Shimizu, in recent form, has won 54.24% of their opponent's second serve points, while Akiyama has won 0%. The same stats for first serve returns are 45.4% and 0% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Shimizu has saved 53.24% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Akiyama has saved 0% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Shimizu has won 52.83% of matches played (W/L 28/ 25), with Akiyama winning 0% (W/L 0/ 0) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Shimizu has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 63% (W/L 31/ 18), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 47% (W/L 7/ 8). Akiyama has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 35% (W/L 15/ 28), and worse career win % on Grass, winning 0% (W/L 0/ 7).
• Player level: In the last year, Shimizu has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 52.94% of matches (W/L 27/ 24), where as Akiyama has played most of their matches on the , winning 0% of matches (W/L / ). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
• Direct H2H matches: They have played 2 times before with Shimizu winning 2 times and Akiyama being victorious 0 times. They have played 5 sets in total, with Shimizu winning 4 and Akiyama winning 1. The last match between Shimizu and Akiyama was at the Kaohsiung, 22-06-2016, First, Hard with Ayano Shimizu getting the victory 5-7 7-5 6-3.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 1:32:0.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Shimizu and Akiyama have played a deciding set 1 times, with Shimizu winning 1 times and Akiyama 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 0 tiebreaks against each other with Shimizu winning 0, and Akiyama 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Shimizu has played against opponents with an average rank of 373.83 while Akiyama has played against players with an average rank of .
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Shimizu has won 50% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Akiyama has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Shimizu has converted 50.58% of breakpoint opportunities, and Akiyama has converted 0% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.
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