Sho Shimabukuro and Ulises Blanch will face off in the 1st round of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.33
Ulises Blanch -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Ulises Blanch 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 | 25-23 | 18-13 | 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. 236, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Waco Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Alex in the 2nd round on the 23rd of February.
Sho has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Sho has an overall 175-95 record. He has a positive 144-71 record on hard.
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 324, Blanch reached the 1st round after beating Mats Moraing 3-6 3-2 ret. and Oliver Crawford 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Crawford (7-65 6-3). During the match Blanch scored 75 points vs Crawford’s 69. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Blanch struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ulises Blanch was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ulises broke Crawford once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
The American has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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