H2H, prediction of Sho Shimabukuro vs Denis Kudla in Wimbledon with odds, preview, pick | 29th June 2023

PREVIEW. London. Shimabukuro and Kudla will square off in the qualifications of Wimbledon. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 29th of June

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Denis Kudla

Sho Shimabukuro and Denis Kudla will fight against each other in the qualifications of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 7. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.35
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.08

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Denis Kudla

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro

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Rank
177
High
135
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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
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Ranked no. 162 (career-high), the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-75 6-3 6-4 and Toby Samuel 5-7 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications against Samuel, Shimabukuro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 92 points vs Samuel’s 78. Shimabukuro was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimabukuro bagged 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Samuel 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sho started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (195-106). 7-3 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has an aggregate7-3 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.

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 and the Tunis Challenger where he overcame Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.

Sho has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Sho has never competed in this tournament before.

Shimabukuro
Wimbledon
Shimabukuro's Record

Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla

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Rank
263
High
53
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-23 9-7 6-6 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 30-28 13-17 1-3 11-4 5-4 0-0
2022 33-33 21-19 3-5 2-3 7-6 0-0
2021 40-27 20-14 4-5 4-4 12-4 0-0
2020 19-9 13-6 0-1 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 179, Kudla reached the qualifications after defeating Francesco Passaro 6-4 6-4 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-3 6-4). During the match Kudla scored 68 points vs Wu’s 55. Denis was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudla bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was very effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Wu 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Denis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

The American has an aggregate 15-16 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wimbledon

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2015. See his history.

Kudla
Wimbledon
Kudla's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Shimabukuro
D.Kudla
3h:49
3h:49
Time on court​
2h:58
2h:58
1h:50
1h:50
Last match​
1h:33
1h:33
2
2
Match played
2
2
61
61
Games Played​
39
39
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
188
188
Total points​
140
140
94
94
Avg point​
70
70
81
81
Winners
51
51
40.5
40.5
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
8
8
6
6
Avg Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
5
5
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
81/100
81/100
1st won total​
51/78
51/78
!
81%
81%
1st won %
65%
65%
47/75
47/75
2nd won total​
32/57
32/57
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
7/12
7/12
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3.5/6
3.5/6
43%
43%
Won
!
58%
58%
8
8
Conceded
9
9
4
4
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
2
2
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
6
6
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shimabukuro Kudla
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 61 39
Pts 188-155 140-120
Total Points 343 260
Winners 81 51
%Winners 43% 36%

Both Shimabukuro and Kudla played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro dropped 2 sets while Denis Kudla hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 2 sets more than Kudla (6 vs 4). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 22 games more than Kudla. Shimabukuro scored 81 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Denis blasted 51 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shimabukuro Kudla
Aces 12 8
Avg per match 6 4
1st in 100/175 78/135
%1st in 57% 58%
1st pts 81/100 51/78
%1st pts 81% 65%
2nd pts 47/75 32/57
%2nd pts 63% 56%

Shimabukuro bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Kudla scored 8 aces (4 per match). Shimabukuro won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shimabukuro Kudla
Won 6 7
Converted 6/14 7/12
% Converted 43% 58%
Conceded 8 9
Saved 6 6
% Saved 75% 67%
Times Broken 2 3

The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Shimabukuro surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kudla broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
Q1
Diaz		 Q2
Samuel		 Total
Score 6-75 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 32 29 61
pts 96-77 92-78 188-155
Total points 173 170 343
Winners 42 39 81
%Winners 44% 42% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 12
Double Faults 1 6 7
1st in 48/81 52/94 100/175
% 1st in 59% 55% 57%
1st pts 42/48 39/52 81/100
% 1st pts 88% 75% 81%
2nd pts 25/33 22/42 47/75
% 2nd pts 76% 52% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 4 6
Converted 2/9 4/5 6/14
Converted % 22% 80% 43%
Conceded 0 8 8
Saved 0/0 6/8 6
Saved % – 75% 38%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Kudla
Q1
Passaro		 Q2
Wu		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 19 39
pts 72-65 68-55 140-120
Total points 137 123 260
Winners 24 27 51
%Winners 33% 40% 36%
SERVE
Aces 1 7 8
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 40/68 38/67 78/135
% 1st in 59% 57% 58%
1st pts 24/40 27/38 51/78
% 1st pts 60% 71% 65%
2nd pts 16/28 16/29 32/57
% 2nd pts 57% 55% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/7 3/5 7/12
Converted % 57% 60% 58%
Conceded 6 3 9
Saved 4/6 2/3 6
Saved % 67% 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 1 3

Head 2 Head

Sho Shimabukuro
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 3Minor
Denis Kudla
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 9Chall
  • 2Minor

Sho
Shimabukuro

1:0

Denis
Kudla

Rank

177

High

135

1Grass0

Rank

263

High

53

Win Loss
Shimabukuro
LWWLWLWLLW
Kudla
LLLWLWWLLW
2024 2023 2022
29 - 26
23 - 23
20-15
Hard
9-7
3-5
I Hard
7-7
1-3
Clay
6-6
5-3
Grass
1-3

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