Borna Gojo and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Gojo who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.34
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Borna Gojo and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-14 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 127, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gojo scored 62 points vs Paire’s 45. Gojo was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo recorded 10 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Borna Gojo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (33/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borna broke Paire twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Gojo has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (194-136). 8-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gojo has a composed103-58 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Borna’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Gojo has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Borna has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 4-2 | 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, Sho reached the 2nd round after defeating Ulises Blanch 7-5 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sho defeated Blanch (7-5 3-6 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 99 points vs Blanch’s 94. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 44% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (28/57) on the 2nd serve. Sho broke Blanch 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Sho has a compiled 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 |
| Pts | 62-45 | 99-94 |
| Total Points | 107 | 193 |
| Winners | 33 | 33 |
| %Winners | 53% | 33% |
Both Gojo and Shimabukuro played 1 match. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro lost 1 set while Borna Gojo hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gojo has played 1 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gojo played 12 games less than Shimabukuro. Gojo scored 33 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Shimabukuro fired 33 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 44/101 |
| %1st in | 71% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 33/44 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 28/57 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 49% |
Gojo fired 10 aces . Shimabukuro blasted 4 aces . Gojo won 89% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Gojo broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Croatian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gojo | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 62-45 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/37 | 33/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-94 | 99-94 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/101 | 44/101 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/57 | 28/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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