Sho Shimabukuro and Charles Broom will face off in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.54
Charles Broom -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Charles Broom
This will be the 3rd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Charles Broom clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shimabukuro and Broom (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shimabukuro won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in 2022.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 224, the Japanese will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in the Granby Challenger where he lost 5-7 6-4 7-6(4) to Uchiyama in the quarter on the 19th of July.
Sho has a compiled 16-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sho’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Sho has an overall 227-137 record. He has a positive 166-95 record on hard.
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Shimabukuro has never competed in this tournament before.
Charles Broom
31 - 20win/loss
276
235
LLWLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 14-13 | 8-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 8-7 | 0-4 | 20-15 | 11-6 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 6-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-10 | 20-6 | 8-3 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Broom will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in Newport where he lost 6-1 7-5 to Tu in the qualifications on the 14th of July.
Charles has an overall 30-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Broom’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Brit has an overall 206-117 record. He has a positive 92-46 record on hard.
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