Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu will face off in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.81
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yuta Shimizu
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 19-14 | 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. 384, Sho got to the 2nd round after defeating Charles Broom 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Broom (6-3 6-2). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 54 points vs Broom’s 39. Sho was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was very effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sho broke Broom 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Shimabukuro has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (146-79). 26-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has an overall123-59 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sho’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Harmon.
The Japanese has an aggregate 29-16 win-loss record in 2022, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 21-20 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 454, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Chanchin Sookton-Eng 6-1 6-2, Naoki Nakagawa 7-63 6-3 and Nicola Kuhn 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Kuhn (6-1 6-2). During the match Shimizu scored 61 points vs Kuhn’s 35. Yuta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimizu made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuta Shimizu was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yuta broke Kuhn 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Yuta’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Kuala Lumpur,M15 Kuching and M15 Jakarta.
Yuta has a compiled 37-14 win-loss record in 2022, 30-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 52 |
| Pts | 54-39 | 202-138 |
| Total Points | 93 | 340 |
| Winners | 24 | 77 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Shimabukuro played 1 match while Shimizu competed in 3 matches. Shimizu started his run from the qualifications while Shimabukuro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Shimabukuro has played 4 set(s) less than Shimizu (2 vs 6). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 35 games less than Shimizu. Shimabukuro scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Shimizu fired 77 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 103/167 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 77/103 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 58% |
Shimabukuro struck 4 aces . Shimizu fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Shimabukuro won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 75% of the points behind 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 | Shimabukuro | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Shimabukuro extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shimizu conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 54-39 | 54-39 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimizu | |||||
| Q1 Sookton-Eng |
Q3 Nakagawa |
R1 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 | 15 | 52 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 83-69 | 61-35 | 202-138 | |
| Total points | 92 | 152 | 96 | 340 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 23 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 48/78 | 30/42 | 103/167 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 33/48 | 23/30 | 77/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 69% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 18/30 | 7/12 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 60% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/9 | 5/11 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 33% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 7/9 | 2/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 78% | 100% | 228% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Gage BrymerBrymer – James McCabeMcCabe (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Makoto OchiOchi – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pruchya IsarowIsarow (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Yuttana CharoenphonCharoenphon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-72 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Ben PataelPatael (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Pol WattanakulWattanakul (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis IstominIstomin – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Gage BrymerBrymer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yshai OlielOliel – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Stuart ParkerParker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
