Sho Shimabukuro and Jurij Rodionov will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 176, Shimabukuro got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Jurij Rodionov

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

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In the 1^st 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.

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Kaito UesugiUesugi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Benoit PairePaire (7-6⁴ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jie CuiCui (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Yan BaiBai (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Elias YmerYmer (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaito UesugiUesugi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hyeon ChungChung – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – (0-1) – H2H and prediction