Sho Shimabukuro and Hiroki Moriya will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.44
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Hiroki Moriya
This will be the 3rd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Hiroki Moriya face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Shimabukuro and Moriya (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Moriya won 6-1 5-7 6-3 in the qualifications in the Seoul Challenger back in 2022.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-25 | 20-15 | 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. 234, the Japanese will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(2) to Vukic in the 1st round on the 2nd of May.
The Japanese has an aggregate 12-9 win-loss record in 2023, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 180-101 record. He has a positive 149-77 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Hiroki Moriya
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-29 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-28 | 31-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-30 | 18-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-28 | 13-17 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 7-15 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 360, Moriya got to the 1st round after defeating Duckhee Lee 7-66 6-0 and Makoto Ochi 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ochi (6-4 6-4). During the match Moriya scored 64 points vs Ochi’s 57. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Moriya blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Hiroki Moriya was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Ochi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moriya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Japanese has an overall 8-10 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013, 2017 and 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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