Sho Shimabukuro and Kaichi Uchida will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.185
Kaichi Uchida -> 4.333

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kaichi Uchida

This will be the 4^th time that Sho Shimabukuro and Kaichi Uchida face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Uchida (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Shimabukuro won 6-1 7-6(5) in the 1^st round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2023.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 195, Sho got to the 2^nd round after beating Ryotaro Taguchi 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Taguchi (6-4 6-1). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 66 points vs Taguchi’s 50. Shimabukuro was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimabukuro scored 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Sho Shimabukuro conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 46% of his first serves in, winning 100% (22/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Taguchi 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Shimabukuro has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (241-145). 21-16 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimabukuro has an aggregate178-102 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

The Japanese has a compiled 30-27 win-loss record in 2024, 21-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 366, Uchida got to the 2^nd round after beating Kokoro Isomura 6-0 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Isomura (6-0 6-1). During the match Uchida scored 63 points vs Isomura’s 36. Uchida was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Uchida blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kaichi Uchida conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Uchida was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Isomura 5 times.

The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Quillota,M25 Trelew,M15 Karuizawa and M25 Changwon.

Kaichi has an aggregate 41-29 win-loss record in 2024, 17-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	13
Pts	66-50	63-36
Total Points	116	99
Winners	22	20
%Winners	33%	32%

Both Shimabukuro and Uchida played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimabukuro and Uchida have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimabukuro played 4 games more than Uchida. Shimabukuro scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Uchida struck 20 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	4	6
1st in	22/48	31/57
%1st in	46%	54%
1st pts	22/22	20/31
%1st pts	100%	65%
2nd pts	12/26	16/26
%2nd pts	46%	62%

Shimabukuro scored 4 aces . Uchida made 6 aces . Shimabukuro won 100% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Won	4	5
Converted	4/10	5/5
% Converted	40%	100%
Conceded	4	5
Saved	4	5
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Shimabukuro pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. Kaichi broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Taguchi	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	66-50	66-50
Total points	116	116
Winners	22	22
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	22/48	22/48
% 1st in	46%	46%
1st pts	22/22	22/22
% 1st pts	100%	100%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Uchida
	R1 Isomura	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	63-36	63-36
Total points	99	99
Winners	20	20
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/57	31/57
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	20/31	20/31
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger

• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-7¹ 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Philip HenningHenning (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Ryotaro TaguchiTaguchi (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Philip SekulicSekulic – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-6³ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Dane SweenySweeny (7-6¹⁰ 6-2) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Omar JasikaJasika – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yua TakaTaka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-6(3) 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elias YmerYmer – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Omar JasikaJasika – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction