H2H, prediction of Sho Shimabukuro vs Alex Bolt in Guangzhou Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th April 2025

PREVIEW. Guangzhou Challenger. Shimabukuro and Bolt will face off in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 29th of April

Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Alex Bolt

Sho Shimabukuro and Alex Bolt will square off in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.86
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Alex Bolt fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shimabukuro won 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in the Tunis Challenger back in 2023.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro
Sho Shimabukuro

2 - 8win/loss

Hard
2-8
I Hard
0-0
Rank
186
High
135
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-12 3-9 0-0 0-0 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. 188, Sho will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-0 to Noguchi in the 1st round on the 23rd of April.

Sho has an overall 2-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro has an overall 243-154 record. He has a positive 180-111 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Sho has never competed in this tournament before.

Shimabukuro
Guangzhou Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Alex Bolt

Alex Bolt
Alex Bolt

5 - 7win/loss

Hard
5-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
179
High
125
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-14 9-9 0-1 0-0 9-4 0-0
2024 48-78 26-21 0-0 1-1 21-56 0-0
2023 27-22 22-17 0-2 0-0 5-3 0-0
2022 11-10 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 19-18 7-6 0-7 2-2 10-3 0-0

Ranked no. 226, Alex will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-3 5-7 6-4 to Park in the qualifications on the 20th of April.

Bolt has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Bolt has an overall 344-307 record. He has a positive 215-171 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Bolt
Guangzhou Challenger
Bolt's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shimabukuro
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Bolt
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2025 2024 2023
6 - 12
18 - 14
3-9
Hard
9-9
3-3
Grass
9-4

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

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Soccer Tonic Predictions
Bonus

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