Sho Shimabukuro and Jurij Rodionov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.44
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Jurij Rodionov

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Jurij Rodionov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro

27 - 24win/loss

Hard
20-14
I Hard
1-4
Clay
1-3
Grass
5-3
Rank
176
High
135
WLWLLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-24 20-14 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. 176, Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-2 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 59 points vs Janvier’s 42. Sho was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro managed to score 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shimabukuro broke Janvier 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Shimabukuro has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (238-142). 20-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has a compiled177-100 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Sho has an aggregate 27-24 win-loss record in 2024, 20-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Seoul Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Jurij Rodionov

Jurij Rodionov

21 - 28win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
7-6
Clay
6-12
Grass
0-3
Rank
202
High
87
WLLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-28 8-7 6-12 7-6 0-3 0-0
2023 44-33 3-6 15-13 21-11 5-3 0-0
2022 45-31 5-5 16-11 21-11 3-4 0-0
2021 20-28 2-4 2-7 13-13 3-3 0-1
2020 25-16 5-1 7-6 12-8 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 202, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 7-6(9)

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In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 7-69). During the match Rodionov scored 89 points vs Uchida’s 75. Jurij was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Rodionov scored 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (44/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Uchida twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he defeated Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.

Jurij has a composed 21-28 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.

Seoul Challenger
Rodionov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Shimabukuro
J.Rodionov
0h:57
0h:57
Time on court​
!
1h:52
1h:52
!
0h:57
0h:57
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
23
23
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
89
89
59
59
Avg point​
89
89
18
18
Winners
44
44
18
18
Avg Winners​
44
44
31%
31%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
9
9
5
5
Avg Aces
9
9
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
0
0
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
18/21
18/21
1st won total​
44/55
44/55
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
15/22
15/22
2nd won total​
17/36
17/36
!
68%
68%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
2/5
2/5
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
2/5
2/5
44%
44%
Won
40%
40%
2
2
Conceded
13
13
2
2
Avg Conceded
13
13
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shimabukuro Rodionov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 23
Pts 59-42 89-75
Total Points 101 164
Winners 18 44
%Winners 31% 49%

Both Shimabukuro and Rodionov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimabukuro and Rodionov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimabukuro played 5 games less than Rodionov. Sho scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Jurij fired 44 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shimabukuro Rodionov
Aces 5 9
Avg per match 5 9
1st in 21/43 55/91
%1st in 49% 60%
1st pts 18/21 44/55
%1st pts 86% 80%
2nd pts 15/22 17/36
%2nd pts 68% 47%

Shimabukuro struck 5 aces . Rodionov recorded 9 aces . Shimabukuro won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shimabukuro Rodionov
Won 4 2
Converted 4/9 2/5
% Converted 44% 40%
Conceded 2 13
Saved 1 12
% Saved 50% 92%
Times Broken 1 1

Sho broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rodionov broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
R1
Janvier
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 59-42 59-42
Total points 101 101
Winners 18 18
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 21/43 21/43
% 1st in 49% 49%
1st pts 18/21 18/21
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 15/22 15/22
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Rodionov
R1
Uchida
Total
Score 6-4 7-69
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 89-75 89-75
Total points 164 164
Winners 44 44
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 55/91 55/91
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 44/55 44/55
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 17/36 17/36
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 12/13 12
Saved % 92% 92%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

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