Sho Shimabukuro and Duje Ajdukovic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 16. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.56
Duje Ajdukovic -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Duje Ajdukovic
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-16 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 5-2 | 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. 155, Sho reached the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Fonio 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Fonio, Sho recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 105 points vs Fonio’s 96. Shimabukuro was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (46/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Shimabukuro broke Fonio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (207-116). 19-16 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has an overall157-85 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he defeated 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 compiled 39-24 win-loss record in 2023, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Duje Ajdukovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 5-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-1 | 50-21 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 0-1 | 22-23 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-31 | 1-1 | 29-23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-11 | 4-3 | 22-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 179, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Duje had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-4). During the match Ajdukovic scored 69 points vs Uchida’s 61. Duje was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Ajdukovic made 9 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Duje Ajdukovic was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ajdukovic broke Uchida twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he defeated Hugo Dellien in the final 7-5 6-4.
Duje has a compiled 53-24 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Duje has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 |
| Pts | 105-96 | 69-61 |
| Total Points | 201 | 130 |
| Winners | 46 | 30 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Shimabukuro and Ajdukovic played 1 match. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro dropped 1 set while Duje Ajdukovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 1 set more than Ajdukovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 12 games more than Ajdukovic. The Japanese scored 46 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Ajdukovic managed to score 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 57/95 | 39/63 |
| %1st in | 60% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 30/39 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 15/24 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 63% |
Shimabukuro fired 10 aces . Ajdukovic bagged 9 aces . Shimabukuro won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 40% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Sho broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Duje broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Duje was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-96 | 105-96 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/95 | 57/95 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 69-61 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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