Damir Dzumhur and Sho Shimabukuro will clash against each other in the quarter of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.85
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-34 | 9-11 | 21-16 | 8-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-30 | 11-13 | 28-7 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, Dzumhur got to the quarter after defeating Ryota Tanuma 6-3 6-1 and James Kent Trotter 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kent Trotter, The Bosnian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Dzumhur scored 111 points vs Kent Trotter’s 107. Damir was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (52/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 23% (6/26) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Kent Trotter 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bosnian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Dzumhur has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (366-276). 4-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a composed 86-86 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Damir’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Banja Luka Challenger and the Sibiu Challenger.
The Bosnian has a compiled 32-25 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Damir has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, Shimabukuro got to the quarter after defeating Yuki Mochizuki 6-2 6-4 and Jason Jung 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Jung (6-4 6-3). During the match Shimabukuro scored 60 points vs Jung’s 47. Sho was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was very efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sho broke Jung 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shimabukuro’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Harmon.
Shimabukuro has an overall 37-21 win-loss record in 2022, 34-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 37 |
| Pts | 169-143 | 133-107 |
| Total Points | 312 | 240 |
| Winners | 75 | 50 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Dzumhur and Shimabukuro played 2 matches. At the moment, Damir Dzumhur surrendered 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dzumhur has played 1 set more than Shimabukuro (5 vs 4). Therefore, Dzumhur played 11 games more than Shimabukuro. Damir scored 75 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese struck 50 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 107/147 | 57/106 |
| %1st in | 73% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 75/107 | 50/57 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 16/40 | 24/49 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 49% |
Dzumhur didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shimabukuro bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Dzumhur won 70% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 7/21 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 14 | 9 |
| Saved | 9 | 8 |
| % Saved | 64% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Damir broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Bosnian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | ||||
| R1 Tanuma |
R2 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 48 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 111-107 | 169-143 | |
| Total points | 94 | 218 | 312 | |
| Winners | 23 | 52 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/43 | 78/104 | 107/147 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 75% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 52/78 | 75/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 6/26 | 16/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 23% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/17 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 35% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 8/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 62% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||
| R1 Mochizuki |
R2 Jung |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 60-47 | 133-107 | |
| Total points | 133 | 107 | 240 | |
| Winners | 30 | 20 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 24/50 | 57/106 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 48% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 20/24 | 50/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 83% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 14/26 | 24/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 4/5 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 80% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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