Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu will square off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.86
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 5th time that Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Shimizu (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shimizu won 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in August 2025.
Sho Shimabukuro
17 - 17win/loss
145
135
| 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. 198, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he won the title in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after beating 6-3 3-6 7-5 Crawford in the final.
Shimabukuro has an overall 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he overcame Oliver Crawford in the final 6-3 3-6 7-5.
Sho won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Sho has an overall 258-163 record. He has a positive 192-117 record on hard.
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Yuta Shimizu
16 - 17win/loss
246
181
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-25 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-29 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 223, the Japanese will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(10) 6-4
to Damm in the qualifications on the 22nd of August.The Japanese has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2025, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Shimizu has an overall 273-161 record. He has a positive 216-126 record on hard.
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-6 7-65 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fajing SunSun – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Omar JasikaJasika – Rigele TeTe (4-6 6-2 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Linang XiaoXiao (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yan BaiBai – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip PeliwoPeliwo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yaojie ZengZeng – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction