Cristian Garin and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. 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 Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.48
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.65
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Cristian Garin and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 2-3 | 9-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-12 | 2-7 | 15-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, the Chilean reached the 1st round after defeating Philip Sekulic 7-63 6-3 and Rinky Hijikata 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Hijikata, Garin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match, Garin scored 103 points vs Hijikata’s 88. Garin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Garin managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Cristian Garin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (28/50) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Hijikata 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Garin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (354-228). 19-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Garin has an aggregate 65-56 record in the last years on hard.
The Chilean’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Garin has an aggregate 38-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The Chilean 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. 143, Sho will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4 to Weber in the qualifications on the 2nd of October.
The Japanese has a compiled 38-23 win-loss record in 2023, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current 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 overcame Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
In terms of his career, Shimabukuro has an overall 206-115 record. He has a positive 156-84 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LWWWLLWLLL
LWWLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-63 6-72 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-72 7-65 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction
