Sho Shimabukuro and Eliot Spizzirri will play each other in the semifinal of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 -> 1.85
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Eliot Spizzirri
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Eliot Spizzirri since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sho Shimabukuro
14 - 17win/loss
171
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. 251, Shimabukuro got to the semifinal after defeating Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-1, Nicolas Mejia 6-2 6-1 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-2 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 70 points vs Schoolkate’s 57. Shimabukuro was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shimabukuro struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (224-135). 6-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimabukuro has a composed163-93 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Japanese has a compiled 13-17 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Eliot Spizzirri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-15 | 28-11 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-4 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 525 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after beating Keegan Rice 6-3 7-5, Jeff Wolf 7-6(1) 6-3, Hugo Grenier 6-3 6-4 and Sho Shimabukuro .
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-3 6-4). During the match Spizzirri scored 77 points vs Grenier’s 62. Eliot was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Spizzirri recorded 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Eliot Spizzirri was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Grenier 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Spizzirri hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Spizzirri’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita,M25 Tulsa and M25 Laval.
The American has a composed 17-2 win-loss record in 2024, 17-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 62 |
| Pts | 200-148 | 209-167 |
| Total Points | 348 | 376 |
| Winners | 69 | 83 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Shimabukuro and Spizzirri played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimabukuro and Spizzirri have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Shimabukuro played 10 games less than Spizzirri. Shimabukuro scored 69 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 83 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 90/160 | 110/195 |
| %1st in | 56% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 69/90 | 83/110 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/70 | 50/85 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Shimabukuro recorded 19 aces (6.3 per match). Spizzirri bagged 14 aces (4.7 per match). Shimabukuro won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Spizzirri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/22 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 55% | 59% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 88% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Shimabukuro broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Eliot broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||||
| R1 Marchenko |
R2 Mejia |
1/4 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 18 | 52 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 61-44 | 70-57 | 200-148 | |
| Total points | 116 | 105 | 127 | 348 | |
| Winners | 25 | 21 | 23 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/61 | 30/45 | 30/54 | 90/160 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 67% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 21/30 | 23/30 | 69/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 9/15 | 15/24 | 40/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 60% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/11 | 3/7 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 45% | 43% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spizzirri | |||||
| R1 Rice |
R2 Wolf |
1/4 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-61 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 70-63 | 77-62 | 209-167 | |
| Total points | 104 | 133 | 139 | 376 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 27 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 27/48 | 45/73 | 38/74 | 110/195 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 31/45 | 27/38 | 83/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 69% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 18/28 | 21/36 | 50/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 64% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 40% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 80% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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