Maxime Cressy and Sho Shimabukuro will square off in the 1^st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.59
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Sho Shimabukuro

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

Maxime Cressy

Ranked no. 160, the American will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 to Kachmazov in the 2^nd round on the 5^th of September.

Maxime has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Maxime’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cuernavaca Challenger and the Guangzhou Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Cressy has an overall 244-182 record. He has a positive 114-82 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 196, will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he won the title in the Shanghai Challenger after beating 6-4 6-4 Hsiou in the final.

The Japanese has a compiled 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the current season was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he overcame Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-4.

Sho won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Shimabukuro has an overall 232-139 record. He has a positive 171-97 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Vadym UrsuUrsu (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca NardiNardi – Jie CuiCui (6-4 3-6 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paul JubbJubb – Linang XiaoXiao (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (8-3) – H2H and prediction
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Markos KalovelonisKalovelonis – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tristan LamasineLamasine (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rishab AgarwalAgarwal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kris Van WykVan Wyk – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paul JubbJubb – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime CressyCressy – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yaojie ZengZeng – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-1) – H2H and prediction