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.
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
| 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. 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.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-21 | 23-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 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.
Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Brandon HoltHolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-63 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rigele TeTe (5-7 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Christian LangmoLangmo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Andre IlaganIlagan (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moerani BouzigeBouzige – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction