Terence Atmane and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2024.

Terence Atmane

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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