Sho Shimabukuro and Jacopo Berrettini will face off in the 1st round of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 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
Jacopo Berrettini -> 4.333

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Jacopo Berrettini

This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Jacopo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Shimabukuro won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Turkey F6 (Antalya) back in 2018.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro

2 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
145
High
135
LWWLWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-23 29-19 0-0 2-1 3-3 0-0
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

Ranked no. 191, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Chennai Challenger after he played his last match in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he lost 1-6 7-6(4) 6-4 to Arnaboldi in the 2nd round on the 15th of January.

Shimabukuro has a composed 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 243-149 record. He has a positive 180-106 record on hard.

Previously in the Chennai Challenger

Sho has never competed in this tournament before.

Chennai Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Jacopo Berrettini

Jacopo Berrettini

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
298
High
298
LWWWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-23 8-6 33-16 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 32-26 3-7 29-17 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 13-14 8-8 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 9-12 5-4 4-3 0-5 0-0 0-0
2021 23-27 6-5 17-22 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 323, Jacopo will start his run in the Chennai Challenger after he played his last match in the Rovereto Challenger where he lost 6-3 2-6 7-5

to Arnaboldi in the 1st round on the 19th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 202-170 record. He has a positive 78-62 record on hard.

Chennai Challenger
Berrettini's Record

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