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Yu Hsiou Hsu and Sho Shimabukuro will face off in the final of the Shanghai Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.63
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 3rd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Sho Shimabukuro clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hsiou Hsu won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the final in M25 Tsukuba back in 2023.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
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40 - 22win/loss
183
158
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Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 40-22 | 38-18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, the Chinese reached the final after defeating Yibing Wu 6-7(5) 3-3 ret., Yosuke Watanuki 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret., Kris Van Wyk 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 59 points vs Gombos’s 45. Yu was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yu Hsiou Hsu was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yu broke Gombos twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou Hsu has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Hsiou Hsu has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (265-148). 38-18 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a composed233-112 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin and M25 Taipei.
Yu has an aggregate 40-22 win-loss record in 2024, 38-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Yu has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
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20 - 21win/loss
239
135
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Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-21 | 13-11 | 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. 239, the Japanese got to the final after defeating Yan Bai 7-5 ret., Terence Atmane 6-4 6-3, Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 7-5 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-3 7-6(2).
In the semifinal, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-3 7-62). During the match Shimabukuro scored 80 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 65. Sho was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Shimabukuro made 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sho broke Lam Coleman Wong 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Sho’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.
Shimabukuro has an overall 20-21 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Hsiou Hsu | Shimabukuro |
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Match played | 4 | 4 |
Tot Set | 12 | 8 |
Tot Games | 89 | 75 |
Pts | 297-264 | 288-236 |
Total Points | 561 | 524 |
Winners | 142 | 121 |
%Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Hsiou Hsu and Shimabukuro played 4 matches. At the moment, Yu Hsiou Hsu dropped 3 sets while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t lost a set so far. Hsiou Hsu has played 4 sets more than Shimabukuro (12 vs 8). Therefore, Hsiou Hsu played 14 games more than Shimabukuro. Hsiou Hsu scored 142 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 121 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Hsiou Hsu | Shimabukuro |
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Aces | 15 | 23 |
Avg per match | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1st in | 196/274 | 171/276 |
%1st in | 72% | 62% |
1st pts | 142/196 | 121/171 |
%1st pts | 72% | 71% |
2nd pts | 44/78 | 58/105 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 55% |
Hsiou Hsu made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Shimabukuro blasted 23 aces (5.8 per match). Hsiou Hsu won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Hsiou Hsu | Shimabukuro |
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Won | 9 | 16 |
Converted | 9/30 | 16/26 |
% Converted | 30% | 62% |
Conceded | 20 | 24 |
Saved | 14 | 17 |
% Saved | 70% | 71% |
Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Hsiou Hsu broke his opponents 9 times with a 30% conversion rate. Yu lost his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. Shimabukuro conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
Hsiou Hsu | ||||||
R1 Wu |
R2 Watanuki |
1/4 Van Wyk |
1/2 Gombos |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-75 3-3 ret. | 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret. | 7-64 2-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 89 | |
pts | 69-76 | 74-54 | 95-89 | 59-45 | 297-264 | |
Total points | 145 | 128 | 184 | 104 | 561 | |
Winners | 43 | 31 | 42 | 26 | 142 | |
%Winners | 62% | 42% | 44% | 44% | 48% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
1st in | 63/81 | 45/58 | 56/86 | 32/49 | 196/274 | |
% 1st in | 78% | 78% | 65% | 65% | 72% | |
1st pts | 43/63 | 31/45 | 42/56 | 26/32 | 142/196 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 69% | 75% | 81% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 9/18 | 6/13 | 15/30 | 14/17 | 44/78 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 50% | 82% | 56% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
Converted | 0/5 | 5/9 | 2/9 | 2/7 | 9/30 | |
Converted % | 0% | 56% | 22% | 29% | 30% | |
Conceded | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |
Saved | 12/12 | 0/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 14 | |
Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | – | 38% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Shimabukuro | ||||||
R1 Bai |
R2 Atmane |
1/4 Svrcina |
1/2 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-5 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 12 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 75 | |
pts | 72-55 | 60-53 | 76-63 | 80-65 | 288-236 | |
Total points | 127 | 113 | 139 | 145 | 524 | |
Winners | 25 | 28 | 33 | 35 | 121 | |
%Winners | 35% | 47% | 43% | 44% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
1st in | 40/68 | 36/60 | 48/78 | 47/70 | 171/276 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 60% | 62% | 67% | 62% | |
1st pts | 25/40 | 28/36 | 33/48 | 35/47 | 121/171 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 78% | 69% | 74% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 19/28 | 14/24 | 11/30 | 14/23 | 58/105 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 58% | 37% | 61% | 55% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | |
Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 6/8 | 3/7 | 16/26 | |
Converted % | 57% | 75% | 75% | 43% | 62% | |
Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 24 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 4/4 | 5/9 | 5/6 | 17 | |
Saved % | 60% | 100% | 56% | 83% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
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