Benjamin Bonzi and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the final of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.68
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sho Shimabukuro

There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Benjamin Bonzi

Ranked no. 150, the French player got to the final after beating Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-4, Philip Sekulic 6-3 6-3, Yuta Shimizu 6-1 7-6(0) and Bu Yunchaokete 3-6 7-6(6) 6-0.

In the semifinal against Yunchaokete, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁶ 6-0). During the match, Bonzi scored 86 points vs Yunchaokete’s 69. Bonzi was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bonzi fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 72% (23/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bonzi was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Yunchaokete 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Bonzi has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (339-223). 7-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bonzi has a compiled104-52 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Split Challenger,the Ilkley Challenger and the Winnipeg Challenger.

The French player has a compiled 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 251, the Japanese reached the final after defeating Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-1, Nicolas Mejia 6-2 6-1, Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4, Eliot Spizzirri 6-3 1-6 6-4 and Benjamin Bonzi .

In the semifinal, The Japanese defeated Spizzirri (6-3 1-6 6-4).During the match Shimabukuro scored less points (4) than Spizzirri. In fact, the world no. 150 won 89 points vs Spizzirri’s. That means that Shimabukuro was more focused during the important points. Shimabukuro was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Shimabukuro bagged 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (43/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Sho broke Spizzirri 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sho has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Shimabukuro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger.

Shimabukuro has a composed 14-17 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bonzi	Shimabukuro
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	86	78
Pts	289-223	289-241
Total Points	512	530
Winners	91	112
%Winners	31%	39%

Both Bonzi and Shimabukuro played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Bonzi dropped 1 set, while Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bonzi and Shimabukuro have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Bonzi played 8 games more than Shimabukuro. The French player scored 91 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Sho made 112 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bonzi	Shimabukuro
Aces	29	27
Avg per match	7.3	6.8
1st in	120/253	158/266
%1st in	47%	59%
1st pts	91/120	112/158
%1st pts	76%	71%
2nd pts	80/133	57/108
%2nd pts	60%	53%

Bonzi scored 29 aces (7.3 per match). Shimabukuro struck 27 aces (6.8 per match). Bonzi won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bonzi	Shimabukuro
Won	16	16
Converted	16/20	16/30
% Converted	80%	53%
Conceded	16	18
Saved	9	13
% Saved	56%	72%
Times Broken	7	5

Bonzi broke his opponents 16 times with a 80% conversion rate. Bonzi surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
	R1 Quinn	R2 Sekulic	1/4 Shimizu	1/2 Yunchaokete	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-3	6-1 7-60	3-6 7-66 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	20	18	20	28	86
pts	68-53	58-42	77-59	86-69	289-223
Total points	121	100	136	155	512
Winners	18	16	29	28	91
%Winners	26%	28%	38%	33%	31%
SERVE
Aces	7	4	9	9	29
Double Faults	2	3	5	2	12
1st in	21/54	22/50	38/78	39/71	120/253
% 1st in	39%	44%	49%	55%	47%
1st pts	18/21	16/22	29/38	28/39	91/120
% 1st pts	86%	73%	76%	72%	76%
2nd pts	19/33	18/28	20/40	23/32	80/133
% 2nd pts	58%	64%	50%	72%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	4	16
Converted	4/4	4/5	4/7	4/4	16/20
Converted %	100%	80%	57%	100%	80%
Conceded	4	1	9	2	16
Saved	2/4	0/1	7/9	0/2	9
Saved %	50%	0%	78%	0%	32%
Times Broken	2	1	2	2	7

Shimabukuro
	R1 Marchenko	R2 Mejia	1/4 Schoolkate	1/2 Spizzirri	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	6-2 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-3 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	19	15	18	26	78
pts	69-47	61-44	70-57	89-93	289-241
Total points	116	105	127	182	530
Winners	25	21	23	43	112
%Winners	36%	34%	33%	48%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	6	8	27
Double Faults	3	3	3	7	16
1st in	30/61	30/45	30/54	68/106	158/266
% 1st in	49%	67%	56%	64%	59%
1st pts	25/30	21/30	23/30	43/68	112/158
% 1st pts	83%	70%	77%	63%	71%
2nd pts	16/31	9/15	15/24	17/38	57/108
% 2nd pts	52%	60%	63%	45%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	4	16
Converted	4/4	5/11	3/7	4/8	16/30
Converted %	100%	45%	43%	50%	53%
Conceded	3	4	1	10	18
Saved	2/3	4/4	1/1	6/10	13
Saved %	67%	100%	100%	60%	82%
Times Broken	1	0	0	4	5

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

• Christian Harrison/Cannon KingsleyHarrison/Cannon Kingsley – Yuta Shimizu/Kaichi UchidaShimizu/Kaichi Uchida (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction