Nuno Borges and Sho Shimabukuro will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.36
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, the Portuguese got to the quarter after beating Hyeon Chung 6-3 6-2 and Bu Yunchaokete 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Portuguese defeated Yunchaokete (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 94 points vs Yunchaokete’s 81. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was very efficient on serve to win 76% (45/59) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Yunchaokete twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 72% of his matches (234-93). 2-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a compiled5-3 record in the last 9 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he defeated Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6) and the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.
The Portuguese has an overall 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 20-15 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 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. 177 (career-high), the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 1-6 6-4 and Liam Broady 7-64 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Broady (7-64 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 75 points vs Broady’s 63. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sho broke Broady 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Tunis Challenger where he defeated Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Japanese has a composed 22-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 50 |
| Pts | 157-122 | 139-132 |
| Total Points | 279 | 271 |
| Winners | 70 | 56 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Borges and Shimabukuro played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges conceded 1 set, while Sho Shimabukuro dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Borges and Shimabukuro have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Borges played 6 games less than Shimabukuro. Nuno scored 70 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Sho struck 56 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 92/137 | 76/133 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 70/92 | 56/76 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 35/57 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 61% |
Borges blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Shimabukuro made 14 aces (7 per match). Borges won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 42% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Chung |
R2 Yunchaokete |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 94-81 | 157-122 | |
| Total points | 104 | 175 | 279 | |
| Winners | 25 | 45 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 59/86 | 92/137 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 45/59 | 70/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 16/27 | 29/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 59% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 29% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| pts | 64-69 | 75-63 | 139-132 | |
| Total points | 133 | 138 | 271 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 37/70 | 76/133 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 53% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 27/37 | 56/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 18/33 | 35/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 55% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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