Liam Broady and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.48
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Liam Broady and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64-22 | 30-10 | 10-4 | 23-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, Liam reached the 2nd round after beating Rio Noguchi 5-7 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round against Noguchi, Broady recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-2). During the match, Broady scored 87 points vs Noguchi’s 63. Broady was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Broady scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Liam Broady was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (24/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Broady has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (366-253). 1-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Broady has an aggregate 19-34 record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Vilnius Challenger where he overcame Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Brit has an overall 22-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-23 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 19-17 | 7-1 | 9-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 177 (career-high), Sho reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sho defeated Kovacevic (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match Shimabukuro scored less points (5) than Kovacevic. In fact, the world no. 151 won 64 points vs Kovacevic’s. That means that Shimabukuro was more focused during the important points. Sho was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sho was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kovacevic twice.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Tunis Challenger where he overcame Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Japanese has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 |
| Pts | 87-63 | 64-69 |
| Total Points | 150 | 133 |
| Winners | 33 | 29 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Broady and Shimabukuro played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Broady conceded 1 set, while Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Broady and Shimabukuro have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (27). The Brit scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Shimabukuro scored 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 39/63 |
| %1st in | 53% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 29/39 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 71% |
Broady made 3 aces . Shimabukuro scored 10 aces . Broady won 83% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Liam broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 87-63 | 87-63 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/76 | 40/76 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 24/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 64-69 | 64-69 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (4-6 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Steve JohnsonJohnson (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (2-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (5-7 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
