Sho Shimabukuro and Yasutaka Uchiyama will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.7
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Yasutaka Uchiyama face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Shimabukuro won 7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2019.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 284 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(3) to Uchida in the 2nd round on the 9th of November.
Sho has an aggregate 39-23 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Sho’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Harmon.
Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 156-86 record. He has a positive 12-9 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Yasutaka Uchiyama
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-25 | 26-18 | 1-1 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-24 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-21 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-26 | 9-13 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-13 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 318, Yasutaka will start his run in the Kobe Challenger after he played his last match in the Matsuyama Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Uchida in the 1st round on the 7th of November.
Uchiyama has an overall 23-20 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 391-311 record. He has a negative 33-40 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-77 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- John MillmanMillman – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Jason JungJung – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – H2H and prediction
