Sho Shimabukuro and Garrett Johns will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 -> 1.26
Garrett Johns -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Garrett Johns

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Garrett Johns since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 186, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Shimabukuro had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-2 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 54 points vs Langmo’s 45. Sho was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve once. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Langmo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Shimabukuro has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (248-158). 4-9 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has an overall 182-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Shimabukuro has an overall 7-12 win-loss record in 2025, 4-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Garrett Johns

Ranked no. 360, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hyeon Chung 6-3 2-6 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Garrett defeated Chung (6-3 2-6 7-6⁴).During the match Johns scored less points (3) than Chung. In fact, the world no. 186 won 89 points vs Chung’s. That means that Johns was more focused during the important points. Garrett was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Johns fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Garrett Johns lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Johns put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Johns broke Chung 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Palm Coast,M15 Sunrise,M15 Naples,M15 Huamantla and M25 Santo Domingo.

The American has a compiled 39-15 win-loss record in 2025, 18-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Johns
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	30
Pts	54-45	89-92
Total Points	99	181
Winners	25	42
%Winners	46%	47%

Both Shimabukuro and Johns played 1 match. At the moment, Garrett Johns surrendered 1 set while Sho Shimabukuro hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 1 set(s) less than Johns (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 12 games less than Johns. Shimabukuro scored 25 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Johns blasted 42 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Johns
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	33/51	62/95
%1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/33	42/62
%1st pts	76%	68%
2nd pts	9/18	16/33
%2nd pts	50%	48%

Shimabukuro bagged 6 aces . Johns recorded 5 aces . Shimabukuro won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Johns
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/6
% Converted	80%	67%
Conceded	1	8
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sho dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Langmo	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	54-45	54-45
Total points	99	99
Winners	25	25
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	33/51	33/51
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Johns
	R1 Chung	Total
Score	6-3 2-6 7-64
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	89-92	89-92
Total points	181	181
Winners	42	42
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	62/95	62/95
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	42/62	42/62
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	16/33	16/33
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Winnipeg Challenger

• Liam DraxlDraxl – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Hyeon ChungChung (6-3 2-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Paul JubbJubb – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Karue SellSell (2-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (6-3 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Naoki Nakagawa/Kris Van WykNakagawa/Kris Van Wyk – Mikael Arseneault/Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault/Nicolas Arseneault (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Andre IlaganIlagan (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Nicolas MejiaMejia (1-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Andres MartinMartin – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alvin Nicholas TudoricaNicholas Tudorica (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-6(4) 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Marek GengelGengel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas ArseneaultArseneault – Juan Carlos Manuel AguilarCarlos Manuel Aguilar (6-3 4-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andres AndradeAndrade – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Garrett JohnsJohns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moerani BouzigeBouzige – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paul JubbJubb – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction