Terence Atmane and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm 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 Terence Atmane who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Terence Atmane is the pick to win this match.
Terence Atmane -> 1.86
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Terence Atmane vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Terence Atmane and Sho Shimabukuro clash 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 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2024.
Terence Atmane
31 - 26win/loss
159
118
LWLWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-32 | 30-20 | 5-5 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-27 | 26-10 | 26-15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 78-30 | 71-23 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-22 | 23-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-10 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Atmane got to the quarter after beating Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-4 and Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 6-1 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Terence defeated Wei Kang Leong (6-1 5-7 6-3). During the match, Atmane scored 99 points vs Wei Kang Leong’s 84. Atmane was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Atmane scored 13 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, Terence Atmane was quite effective on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Atmane broke Wei Kang Leong 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Atmane has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Atmane has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (196-117). 23-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Atmane has a compiled152-78 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Granby Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 31-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Sho Shimabukuro
23 - 21win/loss
193
135
LWWLWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 20-15 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, Shimabukuro got to the quarter after beating Maxime Cressy 7-6(10) 6-3 and Yan Bai 3-6 7-6(3) 0-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Bai, Sho had a free pass after Bai retired on a 3-6 7-63 0-1 . scoreline.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he overcame Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Shimabukuro has an aggregate 23-21 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Atmane | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 45 |
| Pts | 164-132 | 145-153 |
| Total Points | 296 | 298 |
| Winners | 65 | 61 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Atmane and Shimabukuro played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Terence Atmane surrendered 1 set, while Sho Shimabukuro conceded 2 sets. Atmane has played 1 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Atmane played 2 games more than Shimabukuro. The French player scored 65 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sho blasted 61 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Atmane | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 7 |
| 1st in | 81/139 | 87/151 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 65/81 | 61/87 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 31/58 | 42/64 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 66% |
Atmane recorded 22 aces (11 per match). Shimabukuro managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Atmane won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Atmane | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 2 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 36% | 29% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 70% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Atmane broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Atmane conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents twice with a 29% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Atmane | ||||
| R1 Noguchi |
R2 Wei Kang Leong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 | 47 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 99-84 | 164-132 | |
| Total points | 113 | 183 | 296 | |
| Winners | 26 | 39 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 49/88 | 81/139 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 39/49 | 65/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 20/39 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 51% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/10 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||
| R1 Cressy |
R2 Bai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 6-3 | 3-6 7-63 0-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| pts | 68-65 | 77-88 | 145-153 | |
| Total points | 133 | 165 | 298 | |
| Winners | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 34% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 41/77 | 87/151 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 26/41 | 61/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/28 | 21/36 | 42/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 58% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/5 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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