H2H, prediction of Sho Shimabukuro vs Giovanni Fonio in Nonthaburi 3 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th January 2024

PREVIEW. Nonthaburi 3 Challenger. Shimabukuro and Fonio will face off in the 2nd round of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 18th of January

Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Giovanni Fonio

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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
171
High
135
LWLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-25 20-15 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. 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

Shimabukuro
Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Giovanni Fonio

Giovanni Fonio
Giovanni Fonio

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
286
High
269
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-31 9-7 24-24 0-0 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.

Fonio
Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Fonio's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Shimabukuro
G.Fonio
0h:57
0h:57
Time on court​
!
4h:52
4h:52
!
0h:57
0h:57
Last match​
!
0h:52
0h:52
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
16
16
Games Played​
62
62
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
58
58
Total points​
233
233
58
58
Avg point​
77.7
77.7
21
21
Winners
93
93
21
21
Avg Winners​
31
31
36%
36%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
17
17
4
4
Avg Aces
5.7
5.7
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
21/28
21/28
1st won total​
93/134
93/134
!
75%
75%
1st won %
69%
69%
9/10
9/10
2nd won total​
32/58
32/58
!
90%
90%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
13/34
13/34
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
4.3/11.3
4.3/11.3
!
63%
63%
Won
38%
38%
1
1
Conceded
22
22
1
1
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
1
1
Broken
5
5
1
1
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
0
0
Saved
17
17

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shimabukuro
LWLWLLWWWW
Fonio
LLWWWLWLWW
2024 2023 2022
27 - 25
33 - 31
20-15
Hard
9-7
1-4
I Hard
0-0
1-3
Clay
24-24
5-3
Grass
0-0

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 3 Challenger

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