Sho Shimabukuro and Hugo Gaston will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Hangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Gaston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.68
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Hugo Gaston
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Hugo Gaston face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Gaston won 6-2 6-1 7-6(4) in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.
Highlights Hugo Gaston vs Sho Shimabukuro – U.S. Open 28-August-2023
Sho Shimabukuro
30 - 25win/loss
109
87
LLLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-28 | 19-20 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 93,he will start his run in Hangzhou after he played his last match in 3 where he beat 6-3 6-3 to Shepp in the Rubber 4 on the 20th of September.
The Japanese has an aggregate 30-25 win-loss record in 2026, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 305-194 record. He has a positive 226-139 record on hard.
Previously in Hangzhou
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Hugo Gaston
29 - 25win/loss
89
58
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-27 | 9-9 | 12-12 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-31 | 9-12 | 6-14 | 15-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-31 | 5-12 | 15-11 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 6-5 | 30-18 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Hugo will start his run in Hangzhou after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-2 6-4 to Medvedev in the 1st round on the 30th of August.
The French player has an aggregate 29-25 win-loss record in 2026, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Gaston’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.
In terms of his career, The French player has an overall 300-239 record. He has a negative 55-57 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Hugo GastonGaston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jie CuiCui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
