Christopher Eubanks and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Christopher Eubanks who should win in 2 sets.
Christopher Eubanks -> 1.31
Sho Shimabukuro -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Christopher Eubanks vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher Eubanks and Sho Shimabukuro clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Eubanks won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Salinas Challenger back in 2022.
Christopher Eubanks
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-16 | 2-6 | 0-6 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Eubanks will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Atlanta where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Vukic in the quarter on the 28th of July.
The American has a composed 36-18 win-loss record in 2023, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Mallorca where he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 207-147 record. He has a positive 137-94 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
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. 161, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Donald Young 6-3 6-4 and Lloyd Harris 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (6-4 6-3). During the match Shimabukuro scored 57 points vs Lloyd’s 41. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was very efficient on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sho was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lloyd 3 times.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Tunis Challenger where he beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
Shimabukuro has an aggregate 30-16 win-loss record in 2023, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Washington
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- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael MmohMmoh – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 6-74 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-66 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-65 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexander BublikBublik (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-5) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andy MurrayMurray (0-1) – H2H and prediction