Christopher O Connell and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.33
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-20 | 10-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Christopher reached the semifinal after beating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 7-63, Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-4 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-75 7-64 6-4.
In the quarter against Wu, O Connell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-64 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 108 points vs Wu’s 106. Christopher was quite aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell made 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (60/77) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Wu twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christopher has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (315-177). 28-16 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has an overall 134-85 record in the last years on hard.
Christopher’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Split Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
The Australian has an overall 45-24 win-loss record in 2022, 28-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-13 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 semifinal after defeating Yuki Mochizuki 6-2 6-4, Jason Jung 6-4 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Sho had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-4 6-1). During the match Shimabukuro scored 62 points vs Dzumhur’s 42. Shimabukuro was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sho Shimabukuro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shimabukuro broke Dzumhur 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Sho’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Harmon.
Shimabukuro has a compiled 38-21 win-loss record in 2022, 35-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 78 | 54 |
| Pts | 257-221 | 195-149 |
| Total Points | 478 | 344 |
| Winners | 124 | 72 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both O Connell and Shimabukuro played 3 matches. At the moment, Christopher O Connell conceded 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t dropped a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set more than Shimabukuro (7 vs 6). Therefore, O Connell played 24 games more than Shimabukuro. Christopher scored 124 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 72 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 9.7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 152/242 | 82/149 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 124/152 | 72/82 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 53/90 | 35/67 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 52% |
O Connell recorded 29 aces (9.7 per match). Shimabukuro blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). O Connell won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 11/33 |
| % Converted | 42% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 89% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
O Connell broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||||
| R1 Ramanathan |
R2 Kirkin |
1/4 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-75 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 36 | 78 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 68-50 | 108-106 | 257-221 | |
| Total points | 146 | 118 | 214 | 478 | |
| Winners | 40 | 24 | 60 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 35% | 56% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 14 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/69 | 30/57 | 77/116 | 152/242 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 53% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/45 | 24/30 | 60/77 | 124/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 80% | 78% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 19/27 | 21/39 | 53/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 70% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 2/8 | 2/2 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 100% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 75% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||||
| R1 Mochizuki |
R2 Jung |
1/4 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 17 | 54 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 60-47 | 62-42 | 195-149 | |
| Total points | 133 | 107 | 104 | 344 | |
| Winners | 30 | 20 | 22 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 24/50 | 25/43 | 82/149 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 48% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 20/24 | 22/25 | 72/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 83% | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 14/26 | 11/18 | 35/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 61% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 4/5 | 4/12 | 11/33 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 80% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-75 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – John MillmanMillman (w/o) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
