Zdenek Kolar and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.48
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Zdenek Kolar vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Zdenek Kolar and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zdenek Kolar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-13 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-35 | 6-8 | 19-19 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-36 | 1-6 | 17-24 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 41-32 | 1-4 | 34-19 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 9-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 247, Kolar will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Jung in the 1st round on the 31st of October.
The Czech has an overall 22-32 win-loss record in 2022, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Zdenek has an overall 268-212 record. He has a negative 15-25 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Zdenek has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-17 | 3-7 | 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. 289 (career-high), Shimabukuro will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in the Yokohama Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to O in the semifinal on the 4th of November.
Sho has an overall 38-22 win-loss record in 2022, 35-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sho’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Harmon.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 155-85 record. He has a positive 132-65 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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