Sho Shimabukuro and Filip Peliwo will square off in the 2^nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on COURT 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.38
Filip Peliwo -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Filip Peliwo

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Filip Peliwo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 198, Shimabukuro reached the 2^nd round after defeating James Watt 6-4 3-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese defeated Watt (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 90 points vs Watt’s 78. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimabukuro made 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sho broke Watt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Shimabukuro has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (254-163). 10-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimabukuro has an overall 188-117 match record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Winnipeg Challenger.

Shimabukuro has an aggregate 13-17 win-loss record in 2025, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Sho has never competed in this tournament before.

Filip Peliwo

Ranked no. 535, the Canadian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Aoran Wang 6-2 6-1, Hanyi Liu 6-4 6-0 and Petr Bar Biryukov 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Bar Biryukov (6-1 6-2). During the match Peliwo scored 58 points vs Bar Biryukov’s 37. Filip was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Peliwo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filip Peliwo lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Peliwo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Filip broke Bar Biryukov 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Filip’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Luan and M15 Hillcrest.

Filip has an overall 39-22 win-loss record in 2025, 34-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Peliwo
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	27	46
Pts	90-78	169-102
Total Points	168	271
Winners	24	64
%Winners	27%	38%

Shimabukuro played 1 match while Peliwo competed in 3 matches. Peliwo started his run from the qualifications while Shimabukuro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set while Filip Peliwo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shimabukuro has played 3 set(s) less than Peliwo (3 vs 6). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 19 games less than Peliwo. Shimabukuro scored 24 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Peliwo fired 64 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Peliwo
Aces	7	5
Avg per match	7	1.7
1st in	28/68	85/128
%1st in	41%	66%
1st pts	24/28	64/85
%1st pts	86%	75%
2nd pts	24/40	28/43
%2nd pts	60%	65%

Shimabukuro struck 7 aces . Peliwo struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Shimabukuro won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Peliwo won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Peliwo
Won	4	15
Converted	4/10	15/27
% Converted	40%	56%
Conceded	4	6
Saved	2	4
% Saved	50%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Sho broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Filip broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Peliwo conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Watt	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	90-78	90-78
Total points	168	168
Winners	24	24
%Winners	27%	27%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	28/68	28/68
% 1st in	41%	41%
1st pts	24/28	24/28
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	24/40	24/40
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Peliwo
	Q1 Wang	Q3 Liu	R1 Bar	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-0	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	16	15	46
pts	53-24	58-41	58-37	169-102
Total points	77	99	95	271
Winners	21	23	20	64
%Winners	40%	40%	34%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	1	5
Double Faults	0	2	0	2
1st in	25/32	28/48	32/48	85/128
% 1st in	78%	58%	67%	66%
1st pts	21/25	23/28	20/32	64/85
% 1st pts	84%	82%	63%	75%
2nd pts	7/7	11/20	10/16	28/43
% 2nd pts	100%	55%	63%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	15
Converted	5/9	4/7	6/11	15/27
Converted %	56%	57%	55%	56%
Conceded	0	1	5	6
Saved	0/0	1/1	3/5	4
Saved %	–	100%	60%	160%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

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