Aleksandar Vukic and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 1st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.3
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-23 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, Vukic will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 7-6(4) 6-4 to Yunchaokete in the final on the 30th of April.
Vukic has a composed 23-13 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Vukic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Seoul Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Aleksandar has an overall 253-181 record. He has a positive 121-91 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Australian 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. 237, the Japanese will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(3) to Hijikata in the 1st round on the 24th of April.
The Japanese has a compiled 12-8 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
In terms of his career, Shimabukuro has an overall 180-100 record. He has a positive 149-76 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brandon HoltHolt – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Li TuLi – Tung-Lin WuTung-Lin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Emilio GomezGomez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Uisung ParkPark – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sanhui ShinShin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
