Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 1st round of Wimbledon for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 18. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.048
Sho Shimabukuro -> 10.25
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-11 | 9-6 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Dimitrov will start his run in Wimbledon after he played his last match in London where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Alcaraz in the quarter on the 23rd of June.
Dimitrov has a compiled 22-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
The Bulgarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Geneva.
Talking about his overall career, Dimitrov has an overall 541-333 record. He has a positive 51-33 record on grass.
Previously in Wimbledon
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-23 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 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 |
Ranked no. 162 (career-high), Sho reached the 1st round after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-75 6-3 6-4, Toby Samuel 5-7 6-1 6-4 and Denis Kudla 6-4 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-4 6-4 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 91 points vs Kudla’s 80. Sho was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sho broke Kudla 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he overcame 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.
Shimabukuro has a composed 28-14 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Wimbledon
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
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