H2H, prediction of Sho Shimabukuro vs Li Tu in Kobe Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 13th November 2024

PREVIEW. Kobe Challenger. Shimabukuro and Tu will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 13th of November

Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Li Tu

Sho Shimabukuro and Li Tu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.57
Li Tu -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Li Tu

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro

28 - 25win/loss

Hard
20-15
I Hard
2-4
Clay
1-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
177
High
135
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-25 20-15 1-3 2-4 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. 177, Sho reached the 2nd round after beating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the 1st round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-2). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 75 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 66. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shimabukuro broke Lam Coleman Wong twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (239-143). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimabukuro has a composed24-18 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he beat Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-4.

Sho has a compiled 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Shimabukuro
Kobe Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Li Tu

Li Tu
Li Tu

37 - 25win/loss

Hard
31-19
I Hard
1-0
Clay
1-1
Grass
4-5
Rank
178
High
178
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-25 31-19 1-1 1-0 4-5 0-0
2023 38-32 29-19 0-3 3-6 6-4 0-0
2022 50-25 34-16 15-6 1-3 0-0 0-0
2021 41-7 28-4 0-0 13-3 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 178 (career-high), the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Li defeated Mochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Tu scored 87 points vs Mochizuki’s 69. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Tu scored 10 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Li Tu was very effective on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.

Tu has a compiled 37-25 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Tu
Kobe Challenger
Tu's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Shimabukuro
L.Tu
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
1h:45
1h:45
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
25
25
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
75
75
Total points​
87
87
75
75
Avg point​
87
87
29
29
Winners
39
39
29
29
Avg Winners​
39
39
39%
39%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
10
10
4
4
Avg Aces
10
10
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
29/38
29/38
1st won total​
39/50
39/50
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
21/35
21/35
2nd won total​
14/21
14/21
60%
60%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
BP won
3/7
3/7
2/3
2/3
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
67%
67%
Won
43%
43%
5
5
Conceded
4
4
5
5
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shimabukuro Tu
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 25
Pts 75-66 87-69
Total Points 141 156
Winners 29 39
%Winners 39% 45%

Both Shimabukuro and Tu played 1 match. At the moment, Li Tu conceded 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 1 set(s) less than Tu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 4 games less than Tu. The Japanese scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Tu recorded 39 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shimabukuro Tu
Aces 4 10
Avg per match 4 10
1st in 38/73 50/71
%1st in 52% 70%
1st pts 29/38 39/50
%1st pts 76% 78%
2nd pts 21/35 14/21
%2nd pts 60% 67%

Shimabukuro managed to score 4 aces . Tu fired 10 aces . Shimabukuro won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shimabukuro Tu
Won 2 3
Converted 2/3 3/7
% Converted 67% 43%
Conceded 5 4
Saved 5 3
% Saved 100% 75%
Times Broken 0 1

Sho broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Sho pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Tu broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
R1
Lam Coleman Wong
Total
Score 7-65 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 75-66 75-66
Total points 141 141
Winners 29 29
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 38/73 38/73
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 29/38 29/38
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 21/35 21/35
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/3 2/3
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Tu
R1
Mochizuki
Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 87-69 87-69
Total points 156 156
Winners 39 39
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 50/71 50/71
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 39/50 39/50
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shimabukuro
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Tu
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2024 2023 2022
28 - 25
37 - 25
20-15
Hard
31-19
2-4
I Hard
1-0
1-3
Clay
1-1
5-3
Grass
4-5

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