Benjamin Bonzi and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Granby Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.48
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Bonzi and Sho Shimabukuro clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bonzi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bonzi won 5-7 6-1 6-4 in the final in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2024.
Benjamin Bonzi
22 - 22win/loss
136
42
WWWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-22 | 9-6 | 7-10 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-12 | 21-3 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 136, Benjamin got to the 2nd round after defeating Brandon Holt 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-3 7-64). During the match, Bonzi scored 82 points vs Holt’s 67. Bonzi was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi struck 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 66% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Bonzi broke Holt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Bonzi has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (341-223). 9-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonzi has a compiled106-52 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 5-7 6-1 6-4.
Benjamin has an overall 22-22 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Bonzi has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
15 - 18win/loss
224
135
WLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 8-8 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Arthur Gea 6-1 6-4 and Benjamin Bonzi .
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-1 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 53 points vs Gea’s 43. Sho was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Gea 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Sho’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.
Sho has a composed 15-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 82-67 | 53-43 |
| Total Points | 149 | 96 |
| Winners | 32 | 23 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Bonzi and Shimabukuro played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Shimabukuro have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bonzi played 5 games more than Shimabukuro. Bonzi scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 23 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 29/55 |
| %1st in | 66% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 23/29 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Bonzi struck 6 aces . Shimabukuro recorded 4 aces . Bonzi won 64% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 25% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Benjamin broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Bonzi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Shimabukuro was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Bonzi | |||
| R1 Holt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-67 | 82-67 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 50/76 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 53-43 | 53-43 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 29/55 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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