H2H, prediction of Aleksandar Vukic vs Sho Shimabukuro in Busan Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 10th May 2023

PREVIEW. Busan Challenger. Vukic and Shimabukuro will face off in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 10th of May

Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sho Shimabukuro

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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.25
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.65

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

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

Aleksandar Vukic
Aleksandar Vukic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
69
High
48
LWWWLWWWLW
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

Vukic
Busan Challenger
Vukic's Record

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
171
High
135
LWLWLLWWWW
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.

Shimabukuro
Busan Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Vukic
S.Shimabukuro
1h:25
1h:25
Time on court​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1h:25
1h:25
Last match​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
33
33
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
75
75
Total points​
120
120
75
75
Avg point​
120
120
29
29
Winners
48
48
29
29
Avg Winners​
48
48
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
8
8
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
29/38
29/38
1st won total​
48/64
48/64
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
14/24
14/24
2nd won total​
22/45
22/45
58%
58%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
6/17
6/17
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
6/17
6/17
43%
43%
Won
35%
35%
1
1
Conceded
12
12
1
1
Avg Conceded
12
12
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
9
9

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

Win Loss
Vukic
LWWWLWWWLW
Shimabukuro
LWLWLLWWWW
2024 2023 2022
34 - 36
27 - 25
13-18
Hard
20-15
6-2
I Hard
1-4
5-9
Clay
1-3
10-7
Grass
5-3

Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger

See Updated Draw
Soccer Tonic Predictions
Bonus

Upcoming matches in the draw