Sho Shimabukuro and Petr Bar Biryukov will square off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.3
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 3.28

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Petr Bar Biryukov

There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Petr Bar Biryukov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Sho Shimabukuro

Sho Shimabukuro

17 - 17win/loss

Hard
14-14
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. 198, the Japanese 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.

The Japanese has an overall 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he defeated Oliver Crawford in the final 6-3 3-6 7-5.

Shimabukuro won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Shimabukuro 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.

Shanghai Challenger
Shimabukuro's Record

Petr Bar Biryukov

Petr Bar Biryukov

33 - 20win/loss

Hard
33-19
I Hard
0-1
Rank
315
High
267
LLWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-29 48-28 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 43-23 43-22 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 30-20 15-9 9-9 6-2 0-0 0-0
2022 28-17 25-14 1-2 2-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-18 3-1 2-10 10-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 322 (career-high), Petr reached the 1st round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(6) 7-6(3) and Kokoro Isomura 7-6(3) 7-5.

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Nonthaburi and M15 Astana.

Petr has a compiled 33-20 win-loss record in 2025, 33-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Petr has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai Challenger
Bar's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

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