Sho Shimabukuro and Seong Chan Hong will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 5th time that Sho Shimabukuro and Seong Chan Hong fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Shimabukuro and Chan Hong (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Shimabukuro won 6-2 7-5 in the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in January 2023.
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. 155, Sho got to the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-1 7-65.
In the 1st round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-1 7-65). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 78 points vs Uchida’s 64. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro recorded 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was quite effective on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimabukuro broke Uchida 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (208-117). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimabukuro has an overall19-13 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current 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 overcame Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
Shimabukuro has an aggregate 40-25 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, the Korean got to the 2nd round after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Jasika (6-3 6-1). During the match Chan Hong scored 64 points vs Jasika’s 40. The Korean was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was very effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Seong broke Jasika 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The Korean’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Rome Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.
The Korean has a composed 26-31 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 78-64 | 64-40 |
| Total Points | 142 | 104 |
| Winners | 30 | 19 |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% |
Both Shimabukuro and Chan Hong played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimabukuro and Chan Hong have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimabukuro played 4 games more than Chan Hong. Shimabukuro scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean recorded 19 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 26/47 |
| %1st in | 56% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Shimabukuro bagged 9 aces . Chan Hong bagged 4 aces . Shimabukuro won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Sho broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Chan Hong conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 78-64 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 40/72 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Chan Hong | |||
| R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-40 | 64-40 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWLLWW Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – James McCabeMcCabe (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – James McCabeMcCabe (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yan BaiBai – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renta TokudaTokuda – Yunseong ChungChung (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
