Sho Shimabukuro and Rudolf Molleker will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 1. 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
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Rudolf Molleker 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 |
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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. 173, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Lugano Challenger after he played his last match in the Lille Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Mpetshi in the 2nd round on the 28th of February.
Shimabukuro has an aggregate 2-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 213-125 record. He has a positive 23-16 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-18 | 4-4 | 7-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 53-35 | 2-3 | 42-25 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
2022 | 47-28 | 2-1 | 45-24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 8-23 | 0-1 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the German will start his run in the Lugano Challenger after he played his last match in the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-3 to Kuzmanov in the 1st round on the 27th of February.
Molleker has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Rudolf has an overall 209-178 record. He has a negative 18-31 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Lugano Challenger
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- Zizou BergsBergs – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Daniel MasurMasur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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