Alexander Blockx and Sho Shimabukuro will clash against each other in the quarter of the Granby Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.47
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Sho Shimabukuro
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Blockx and Sho Shimabukuro play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blockx (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Blockx won 6-1 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger back in July 2025.
Alexander Blockx
26 - 17win/loss
119
119
LWWWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-21 | 14-8 | 4-4 | 9-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128 (career-high), Blockx got to the quarter after beating Andres Martin 7-5 6-2 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-5 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (7-5 6-0). During the match, Blockx scored 78 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 54. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blockx managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Blockx broke Hsiou Hsu 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Belgian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Blockx has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (99-63). 8-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blockx has a composed21-20 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Liam Draxl in the final 7-5 6-1.
The Belgian has an overall 25-17 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
11 - 14win/loss
208
135
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-15 | 8-12 | 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. 208, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Juan Carlos Manuel Aguilar 6-2 6-1 and Rio Noguchi 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Noguchi (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Shimabukuro scored 103 points vs Noguchi’s 102. Sho was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (24/50) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Noguchi 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Shimabukuro’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 11-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Granby Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 44 |
| Pts | 143-104 | 162-137 |
| Total Points | 247 | 299 |
| Winners | 47 | 55 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Blockx and Shimabukuro played 2 matches. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blockx has played 1 set(s) less than Shimabukuro (4 vs 5). Therefore, Blockx played 6 games less than Shimabukuro. Alexander scored 47 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Shimabukuro made 55 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 78/151 |
| %1st in | 64% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 47/68 | 55/78 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 37/73 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 51% |
Blockx struck 6 aces (3 per match). Shimabukuro struck 14 aces (7 per match). Blockx won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 43% | 52% |
| Conceded | 6 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Belgian broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | ||||
| R1 Martin |
R2 Hsiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 78-54 | 143-104 | |
| Total points | 115 | 132 | 247 | |
| Winners | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 37/56 | 68/106 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 26/37 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 11/19 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/14 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shimabukuro | ||||
| R1 Carlos Manuel Aguilar |
R2 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 44 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 103-102 | 162-137 | |
| Total points | 94 | 205 | 299 | |
| Winners | 22 | 33 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 49/99 | 78/151 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 33/49 | 55/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 24/50 | 37/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/13 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 46% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 43% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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