Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Sho Shimabukuro will face off in the final of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Geoffrey Blancaneaux who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Geoffrey Blancaneaux is the pick to win this match.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.59
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-17 | 6-5 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 180, the French player got to the final after beating Joao Sousa 6-3 5-7 6-4, Kimmer Coppejans 6-2 2-6 6-3, Maximilian Marterer 5-2 ret. and Borna Gojo 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Gojo (6-2 6-3). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 64 points vs Gojo’s 46. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Gojo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blancaneaux has dropped 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Blancaneaux has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (265-198). 7-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has a composed129-91 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger and the Tunis Challenger.
The French player has an overall 15-15 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Blancaneaux 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, Shimabukuro got to the final after defeating Alex Bolt 6-3 6-1, Max Houkes 6-1 3-6 6-1, Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-72 6-3 6-4, Tomas Barrios Vera 3-6 6-3 6-2, Aziz Dougaz 2-6 7-5 6-3 and Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-1.
In the semifinal, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-3 6-1). During the match Shimabukuro scored 55 points vs De Jong’s 37. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 43% of his first serves in, winning 75% (15/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke De Jong 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sho started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5.
Sho has a compiled 19-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 142 |
| Pts | 281-246 | 471-393 |
| Total Points | 527 | 864 |
| Winners | 124 | 165 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Blancaneaux played 4 matches while Shimabukuro competed in 6 matches. Shimabukuro started his run from the qualifications while Blancaneaux had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Geoffrey Blancaneaux conceded 2 sets, while Sho Shimabukuro surrendered 4 sets. Blancaneaux has played 6 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (10 vs 16). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 62 games less than Shimabukuro. Blancaneaux scored 124 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Shimabukuro recorded 165 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 192/288 | 240/453 |
| %1st in | 67% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 124/192 | 165/240 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 43/96 | 107/213 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Blancaneaux struck 6 aces (1.5 per match). Shimabukuro struck 12 aces (2 per match). Blancaneaux won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 33 |
| Converted | 17/33 | 33/63 |
| % Converted | 52% | 52% |
| Conceded | 25 | 45 |
| Saved | 14 | 27 |
| % Saved | 56% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 18 |
Blancaneaux broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Shimabukuro broke his opponents 33 times with a 52% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve 18 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blancaneaux | ||||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Coppejans |
1/4 Marterer |
1/2 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | 5-2 ret. | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 80 | |
| pts | 110-106 | 83-79 | 24-15 | 64-46 | 281-246 | |
| Total points | 216 | 162 | 39 | 110 | 527 | |
| Winners | 53 | 43 | 7 | 21 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 52% | 29% | 33% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 89/119 | 58/93 | 11/22 | 34/54 | 192/288 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 62% | 50% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 53/89 | 43/58 | 7/11 | 21/34 | 124/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 74% | 64% | 62% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 14/35 | 5/11 | 11/20 | 43/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 40% | 45% | 55% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 17/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 60% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 67% | 50% | 33% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||||||
| Q1 Bolt |
Q3 Houkes |
R1 Alberto |
R2 Tomas Barrios Vera |
1/4 Dougaz |
1/2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | 6-72 6-3 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 142 | |
| pts | 53-27 | 83-68 | 100-94 | 87-77 | 93-90 | 55-37 | 471-393 | |
| Total points | 80 | 151 | 194 | 164 | 183 | 92 | 864 | |
| Winners | 15 | 33 | 41 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 40% | 41% | 28% | 40% | 27% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 47/82 | 48/104 | 38/80 | 58/99 | 20/47 | 240/453 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 57% | 46% | 48% | 59% | 43% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 15/29 | 33/47 | 41/48 | 24/38 | 37/58 | 15/20 | 165/240 | |
| % 1st pts | 52% | 70% | 85% | 63% | 64% | 75% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 17/35 | 29/56 | 19/42 | 22/41 | 13/27 | 107/213 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 49% | 52% | 45% | 54% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 6/14 | 3/7 | 7/12 | 4/11 | 6/11 | 33/63 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 43% | 43% | 58% | 36% | 55% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 45 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 7/10 | 5/6 | 9/14 | 5/9 | 1/3 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 70% | 83% | 64% | 56% | 33% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
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