Sho Shimabukuro and Yan Bai will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.31
Yan Bai -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yan Bai
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Yan Bai fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Shimabukuro won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger back in January 2024.
Sho Shimabukuro
16 - 21win/loss
177
135
WWLWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-25 | 20-15 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 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. 239, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 4-6 7-5 6-3 to Diallo in the qualifications on the 19th of August.
Shimabukuro has a compiled 16-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 227-139 record. He has a positive 166-97 record on hard.
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-21 | 47-19 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 258, Yan will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Chan Hong in the 2nd round on the 29th of August.
Yan has an overall 40-12 win-loss record in 2024, 36-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Hinode,M25 Anning,M25 Luzhou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.
In terms of his career, Yan has an overall 400-213 record. He has a positive 336-169 record on hard.
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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