Sho Shimabukuro and Giovanni Fonio will square off in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT B. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.4
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Giovanni Fonio
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Giovanni Fonio clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shimabukuro won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Matsuyama Challenger back in 2023.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 20-16 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Shimabukuro reached the 2nd round after beating Yan Bai 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Bai (6-1 6-3). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 58 points vs Bai’s 26. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro recorded 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 90% (9/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Bai 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Shimabukuro has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (212-120). 1-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimabukuro has a composed158-88 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Shimabukuro has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 9-7 | 24-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 279, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Hardt 6-4 6-2, Lucas Poullain 4-6 7-65 6-2 and Jules Marie 6-2 4-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Marie, Giovanni had a free pass after Marie retired on a 6-2 4-1 . scoreline.
The Italian has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 62 |
| Pts | 58-26 | 233-189 |
| Total Points | 84 | 422 |
| Winners | 21 | 93 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Shimabukuro played 1 match while Fonio competed in 3 matches. Fonio started his run from the qualifications while Shimabukuro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giovanni Fonio conceded 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 6 set(s) less than Fonio (2 vs 8). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 46 games less than Fonio. Sho scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Fonio scored 93 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 134/192 |
| %1st in | 74% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 93/134 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 32/58 |
| %2nd pts | 90% | 55% |
Shimabukuro struck 4 aces . Fonio scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Shimabukuro won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 90% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 13/34 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 17 |
| % Saved | 0% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Shimabukuro broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sho dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Fonio conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-26 | 58-26 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 9/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 90% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Fonio | |||||
| Q1 Hardt |
Q3 Poullain |
R1 Marie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 7-65 6-2 | 6-2 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 | 13 | 62 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 110-98 | 52-35 | 233-189 | |
| Total points | 127 | 208 | 87 | 422 | |
| Winners | 24 | 49 | 20 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 74/108 | 30/38 | 134/192 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 69% | 79% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 49/74 | 20/30 | 93/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 66% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 19/34 | 4/8 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/12 | 5/8 | 13/34 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 33% | 63% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 14/17 | 3/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 82% | 75% | 157% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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