Sho Shimabukuro and Toby Alex Kodat will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.32
Toby Alex Kodat -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Toby Alex Kodat
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Toby Alex Kodat since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 251, Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Fanselow, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 97 points vs Fanselow’s 92. Shimabukuro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 49% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Shimabukuro broke Fanselow 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (175-94). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimabukuro has an overall14-10 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Sho has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Toby Alex Kodat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-28 | 5-5 | 34-20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-23 | 4-5 | 28-14 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 6-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 5-6 | 19-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-15 | 3-5 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 772, Alex got to the 2nd round after beating Alfredo Perez 6-3 6-2, Andres Martin 7-5 6-4 and Enzo Couacaud 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-4 6-3). During the match Alex scored 64 points vs Couacaud’s 49. Toby was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Alex recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Toby Alex Kodat was quite effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Couacaud 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Toby has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Toby has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 58 |
| Pts | 97-92 | 193-153 |
| Total Points | 189 | 346 |
| Winners | 30 | 73 |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% |
Shimabukuro played 1 match while Alex competed in 3 matches. Alex started his run from the qualifications while Shimabukuro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro dropped 1 set while Toby Alex Kodat hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 3 set(s) less than Alex (3 vs 6). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 32 games less than Alex. Sho scored 30 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 73 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 38/77 | 100/165 |
| %1st in | 49% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 73/100 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 43/65 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 66% |
Shimabukuro bagged 8 aces . Alex managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Shimabukuro won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Alex won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 27% | 42% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Sho broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-92 | 97-92 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/77 | 38/77 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Alex | |||||
| Q1 Perez |
Q3 Martin |
R1 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 66-62 | 64-49 | 193-153 | |
| Total points | 105 | 128 | 113 | 346 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 24 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/42 | 39/73 | 31/50 | 100/165 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 53% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 27/39 | 24/31 | 73/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 21/34 | 11/19 | 43/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 92% | 62% | 58% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/4 | 4/10 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 0% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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