Preston Brown and Ofek Shimanov will play each other in the qualifications of the Centurion 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 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 Ofek Shimanov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ofek Shimanov is the pick to win this match.
Ofek Shimanov -> 1.31
Preston Brown -> 3.08

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Prediction and head to head Preston Brown vs. Ofek Shimanov

There is no head to head record between Preston Brown and Ofek Shimanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Preston Brown

Preston Brown

7 - 12win/loss

Hard

5-4

I Hard

0-2

Clay

2-6

Rank
856

High
817

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	14-23	11-12	3-9	0-2	0-0	0-0
2025	9-33	6-22	3-6	0-5	0-0	0-0
2024	15-28	7-13	6-12	2-3	0-0	0-0
2023	19-27	15-17	3-8	1-2	0-0	0-0
2022	11-27	7-13	3-9	1-5	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 856, Brown reached the qualifications after beating Peter Buldorini 6-3 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, Brown had a good straight sets win against Buldorini (6-3 7-6³). During the match, Brown scored 71 points vs Buldorini’s 55. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Brown scored 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Preston Brown was quite effective on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Preston broke Buldorini once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Brown has a weak match record in the last 9 years having won 37% of his matches (121-202). 4-4 on hard in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Brown has an overall96-129 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The American has a compiled 6-12 win-loss record in 2026, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Centurion 1 Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Centurion 1 Challenger

Brown's Record

Ofek Shimanov

Ofek Shimanov

1 - 3win/loss

Hard

1-3

I Hard

0-0

Rank

High
822

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	16-11	16-10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2025	11-8	10-8	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0
2024	15-17	15-17	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2023	14-10	14-10	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	7-6	7-6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Currently unranked, Ofek got to the qualifications after defeating Mario Gonzalez Fernandez 6-1 7-6(3).

In the qualifications, The Israeli had a good straight sets win against Gonzalez Fernandez (6-1 7-6³). During the match Shimanov scored 72 points vs Gonzalez Fernandez’s 56. The Israeli was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Shimanov fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ofek Shimanov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shimanov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Ofek broke Gonzalez Fernandez 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

The Israeli has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2026, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Centurion 1 Challenger

Shimanov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Brown and Shimanov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Brown and Shimanov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Brown played 2 games more than Shimanov. Preston scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Israeli bagged 20 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Brown bagged 3 aces . Shimanov fired 5 aces . Brown won 87% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Shimanov won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Brown broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Preston extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Shimanov broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ofek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.

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Preston
Brown

1:1

Ofek
Shimanov

Rank

856

High

817

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Rank

High

822

Win Loss

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2026 2025 2024

14 - 23

16 - 10

11-12

Hard

16-9

3-9

Clay

0-1

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