Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu will square off in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Yuta Shimizu who should win in 3 sets.
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.86
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 3rd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Shimizu won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2024.
Sho Shimabukuro
| 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. 186, the Japanese will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Cap Cana Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Cid in the 1st round on the 12th of March.
The Japanese has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Sho has an overall 243-152 record. He has a positive 180-109 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Yuta will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Cherbourg Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3
to Sels in the quarter on the 14th of March.The Japanese has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 263-151 record. He has a positive 207-119 record on hard.
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alex BoltBolt (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Hyeon ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sanhui ShinShin – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction