Sho Shimabukuro and Dalibor Svrcina will face off in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.7
Dalibor Svrcina -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Dalibor Svrcina

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

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 239, Sho reached the quarter after defeating Yan Bai 7-5 ret. and Terence Atmane 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 60 points vs Atmane’s 53. Shimabukuro was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimabukuro scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Atmane 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Shimabukuro has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (229-139). 11-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimabukuro has a composed168-97 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.

The Japanese has a compiled 18-21 win-loss record in 2024, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Dalibor Svrcina

Ranked no. 312, Svrcina reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-1 6-1 and Seong Chan Hong 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Svrcina had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (7-5 6-3). During the match Svrcina scored 74 points vs Chan Hong’s 66. Svrcina was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Svrcina couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 74% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Dalibor broke Chan Hong 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Svrcina hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

The Czech has a composed 21-19 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Svrcina
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	31	35
Pts	132-108	128-94
Total Points	240	222
Winners	53	52
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Shimabukuro and Svrcina played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimabukuro and Svrcina have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shimabukuro played 4 games less than Svrcina. Shimabukuro scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Svrcina managed to score 52 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Svrcina
Aces	8	1
Avg per match	4	0.5
1st in	76/128	79/117
%1st in	59%	68%
1st pts	53/76	52/79
%1st pts	70%	66%
2nd pts	33/52	19/38
%2nd pts	63%	50%

Shimabukuro recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Svrcina recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Shimabukuro won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Svrcina won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Svrcina
Won	7	11
Converted	7/11	11/17
% Converted	64%	65%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	7	8
% Saved	78%	67%
Times Broken	2	4

Shimabukuro broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Shimabukuro dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Dalibor broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Dalibor conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Bai	R2 Atmane	Total
Score	7-5 ret.	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	1	2	3
Tot Games	12	19	31
pts	72-55	60-53	132-108
Total points	127	113	240
Winners	25	28	53
%Winners	35%	47%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	8
Double Faults	0	4	4
1st in	40/68	36/60	76/128
% 1st in	59%	60%	59%
1st pts	25/40	28/36	53/76
% 1st pts	63%	78%	70%
2nd pts	19/28	14/24	33/52
% 2nd pts	68%	58%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/4	7/11
Converted %	57%	75%	64%
Conceded	5	4	9
Saved	3/5	4/4	7
Saved %	60%	100%	80%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Svrcina
	R1 Mejia	R2 Chan Hong	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	21	35
pts	54-28	74-66	128-94
Total points	82	140	222
Winners	18	34	52
%Winners	33%	46%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	24/43	55/74	79/117
% 1st in	56%	74%	68%
1st pts	18/24	34/55	52/79
% 1st pts	75%	62%	66%
2nd pts	13/19	6/19	19/38
% 2nd pts	68%	32%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	6	11
Converted	5/9	6/8	11/17
Converted %	56%	75%	65%
Conceded	2	10	12
Saved	2/2	6/10	8
Saved %	100%	60%	80%
Times Broken	0	4	4

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