Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuta Shimizu is the pick to win this match.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.87
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Shimabukuro won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in 2022.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 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, Sho will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he played his last match in the Lugano Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Molleker in the 1st round on the 5th of March.
Sho has a composed 2-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 213-126 record. He has a positive 23-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, Shimizu will start his run in the Hamburg Challenger after he played his last match in the Lugano Challenger where he lost 6-3 4-6 6-1 to Herbert in the 1st round on the 6th of March.
Yuta has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Shimizu’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 223-121 record. He has a positive 16-11 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Billy HarrisHarris (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri SquireSquire – Steven DiezDiez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BlockxAlexander – Maks KasnikowskiMaks (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
