Aleksandar Vukic and Sho Shimabukuro will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.25
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Vukic and Sho Shimabukuro fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vukic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Vukic won 7-5 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Gwangju Challenger back in May 2023.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 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. 127, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Lloyd Harris 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (7-65 6-3). During the match, Vukic scored 75 points vs Lloyd’s 63. Aleksandar was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vukic bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Lloyd 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Vukic has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (255-182). 20-10 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vukic has a composed123-92 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Vukic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Seoul Challenger.
Aleksandar has a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
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, Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-72 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Moriya, Sho recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-2 7-5). During the match Shimabukuro scored 120 points vs Moriya’s 98. Sho was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Sho broke Moriya 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Sho has an overall 13-9 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 33 |
| Pts | 75-63 | 120-98 |
| Total Points | 138 | 218 |
| Winners | 29 | 48 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Vukic and Shimabukuro played 1 match. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vukic has played 1 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vukic played 11 games less than Shimabukuro. Aleksandar scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese blasted 48 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 64/109 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 48/64 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 22/45 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 49% |
Vukic scored 6 aces . Shimabukuro recorded 8 aces . Vukic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 75% of the points behind 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 | Vukic | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 43% | 35% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Vukic dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Shimabukuro broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Lloyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-63 | 75-63 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 38/62 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 120-98 | 120-98 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/109 | 64/109 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/45 | 22/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Marc PolmansPolmans (4-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Emilio GomezGomez (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-5 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Omar JasikaJasika (6-76 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luke SavilleSaville – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Renta TokudaTokuda (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-72 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Daniel MasurMasur (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Daniel MasurMasur (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-5 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason JungJung – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luke SavilleSaville – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
