Tomas Barrios Vera and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.38
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tomas Barrios Vera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, the Chilean reached the 2nd round after beating Matteo Gigante 6-1 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Gigante, the Chilean had a free pass after Gigante retired on a 6-1 1-0 . scoreline.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (299-164). 26-10 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has a composed225-118 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he defeated Dominik Koepfer in the final 7-6(6) 7-5 and the Florianopolis Challenger where he beat Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Chilean has a compiled 27-12 win-loss record in 2023, 26-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Tomas Barrios Vera 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. 234, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Bolt 6-3 6-1, Max Houkes 6-1 3-6 6-1 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-72 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Houkes (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Shimabukuro scored 83 points vs Houkes’s 68. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro fired 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Shimabukuro broke Houkes 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
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.
The Japanese has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 8 | 71 |
| Pts | 35-14 | 236-189 |
| Total Points | 49 | 425 |
| Winners | 14 | 89 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Tomas Barrios Vera played 1 match while Shimabukuro competed in 3 matches. Shimabukuro started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro lost 2 sets while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t lost a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 5 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (3 vs 8). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 63 games less than Shimabukuro. Marcelo scored 14 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 89 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 19/26 | 124/227 |
| %1st in | 73% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 14/19 | 89/124 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 6/7 | 53/103 |
| %2nd pts | 86% | 51% |
Tomas Barrios Vera made 3 aces . Shimabukuro blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 16 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 0 | 19 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Marcelo broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sho broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||
| R1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 35-14 | 35-14 | |
| Total points | 49 | 49 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||
| Q1 Bolt |
Q3 Houkes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 53-27 | 83-68 | 136-95 | |
| Total points | 80 | 151 | 231 | |
| Winners | 15 | 33 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 47/82 | 76/123 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 15/29 | 33/47 | 48/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 70% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 17/35 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 6/14 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 43% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-60 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Joris De LooreDe Loore (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-6(0) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Liam BroadyBroady (6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Dennis NovakNovak (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
