Seong Chan Hong and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Seong Chan Hong who should win in 3 sets.
Seong Chan Hong -> 1.53
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 6th time that Seong Chan Hong and Sho Shimabukuro clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shimabukuro won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2023.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-27 | 21-20 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-12 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 4-7 | 23-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 9-7 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 8-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172 (career-high), the Korean got to the 2nd round after defeating Illya Marchenko 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Chan Hong had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-3 6-2). During the match, Chan Hong scored 77 points vs Marchenko’s 58. The Korean was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Seong Chan Hong lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Chan Hong put 56% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Marchenko 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Chan Hong has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (239-139). 21-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has an aggregate 208-102 match record in the last years on hard.
Chan Hong’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.
Chan Hong has an aggregate 21-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 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. 173, Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after beating Jea Moon Lee 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Moon Lee (6-3 6-2). During the match Shimabukuro scored 64 points vs Moon Lee’s 46. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sho broke Moon Lee 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Japanese has a composed 3-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 77-58 | 64-46 |
| Total Points | 135 | 110 |
| Winners | 23 | 26 |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% |
Both Chan Hong and Shimabukuro played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Shimabukuro have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (17). The Korean scored 23 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Shimabukuro fired 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 34/60 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 62% |
Chan Hong recorded 3 aces . Shimabukuro scored 4 aces . Chan Hong won 61% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 31% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Chan Hong broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Korean dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Chan Hong | |||
| R1 Marchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 38/68 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Moon Lee | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 64-46 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/60 | 34/60 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 1-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Arthur FeryFery (6-3 6-78 4-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Yunseong ChungChung (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction