Sho Shimabukuro and Li Tu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.57
Li Tu -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Sho Shimabukuro
28 - 25win/loss
190
135
LWLLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 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. 177, Sho reached the 2nd round after beating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-2). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 75 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 66. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Shimabukuro broke Lam Coleman Wong twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (239-143). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimabukuro has a composed24-18 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he beat Yu Hsiou Hsu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Sho has a compiled 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Li Tu
37 - 25win/loss
174
172
LWWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-28 | 37-21 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178 (career-high), the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Li defeated Mochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3). During the match Tu scored 87 points vs Mochizuki’s 69. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Tu scored 10 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Li Tu was very effective on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.
Tu has a compiled 37-25 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimabukuro | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 75-66 | 87-69 |
| Total Points | 141 | 156 |
| Winners | 29 | 39 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Shimabukuro and Tu played 1 match. At the moment, Li Tu conceded 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 1 set(s) less than Tu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 4 games less than Tu. The Japanese scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Tu recorded 39 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimabukuro | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 10 |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 50/71 |
| %1st in | 52% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 39/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 67% |
Shimabukuro managed to score 4 aces . Tu fired 10 aces . Shimabukuro won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimabukuro | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Sho broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Sho pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Tu broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimabukuro | |||
| R1 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 38/73 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tu | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-69 | 87-69 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/71 | 50/71 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 39/50 | 39/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
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- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Matteo GiganteGigante (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-64 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(1) 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Alex BoltBolt (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
