Yoshihito Nishioka and Sho Shimabukuro will play each other in the 1st round of the Sumter Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.4
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Sho Shimabukuro

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

Yoshihito Nishioka

Yoshihito Nishioka

10 - 14win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
4-1
Clay
0-2
Grass
0-4
Rank
111
High
24
WWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-22 16-14 0-2 10-2 0-4 0-0
2024 29-24 17-15 6-7 1-0 5-2 0-0
2023 23-22 14-15 5-5 4-1 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 25-13 2-5 17-6 0-1 0-0
2021 19-26 5-11 8-7 5-5 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 130, Yoshihito will start his run in the Sumter Challenger after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Atmane in the 1st round on the 7th of August.

The Japanese has a composed 10-14 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Nishioka has an overall 433-286 record. He has a positive 244-156 record on hard.

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

Yoshihito has never competed in this tournament before.

Sumter Challenger
Nishioka's Record

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro

11 - 15win/loss

Hard
8-12
I Hard
0-0
Grass
3-3
Rank
145
High
135
LWWLWWWWWW
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. 208, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Sumter Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 6-3 5-7 6-4 to Zhou in the 1st round on the 21st of July.

The Japanese has an aggregate 11-15 win-loss record in 2025, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shimabukuro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger.

In terms of his career, Sho has an overall 252-161 record. He has a positive 186-115 record on hard.

Sumter Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

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