Sho Shimabukuro and Petr Bar Biryukov will square off in the 1st round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.34
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Petr Bar Biryukov
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Petr Bar Biryukov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bar won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2025.
Sho Shimabukuro
20 - 19win/loss
146
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. 212, Sho will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Korda in the 2nd round on the 26th of September.
The Japanese has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he overcame Oliver Crawford in the final 6-3 3-6 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 261-165 record. He has a positive 195-119 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Sho has never competed in this tournament before.
Petr Bar Biryukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-30 | 48-29 | 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. 273 (career-high), Petr will start his run in the Shenzhen Challenger after he played his last match in the Jinan Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Mcdonald in the semifinal on the 11th of October.
The Russian has a compiled 45-25 win-loss record in 2025, 45-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Nonthaburi,M15 Astana and M25 Guiyang.
In terms of his career, Petr has an overall 161-103 record. He has a positive 131-70 record on hard.
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shenzhen Challenger
- Pavel KotovKotov – Tianhui ZhangZhang (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jie CuiCui – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aoran WangWang – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Harold MayotMayot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sergey FominFomin – Arthur WeberWeber (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Kaichi UchidaUchida (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction