Kyrian Jacquet and Sho Shimabukuro will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.84
Kyrian Jacquet -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Kyrian Jacquet vs. Sho Shimabukuro

This will be the 2^nd time that Kyrian Jacquet and Sho Shimabukuro clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Jacquet (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Jacquet won 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in the New Delhi Challenger back in February 2025.

Kyrian Jacquet

Ranked no. 183, Kyrian got to the semifinal after beating S D Prajwal Dev 6-1 6-4, Omar Jasika 4-6 6-3 6-2 and Kaichi Uchida 6-3 4-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The French player defeated Uchida (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Jacquet scored 97 points vs Uchida’s 87. Jacquet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Jacquet blasted 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kyrian Jacquet lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Jacquet put 49% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Uchida 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jacquet has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Jacquet has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (209-155). 18-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Jacquet has a composed68-39 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 7-6(1) 6-4 and the New Delhi Challenger where he beat Billy Harris in the final 6-4 6-2.

The French player has an aggregate 30-20 win-loss record in 2025, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger

Kyrian has never competed in this tournament before.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 212, the Japanese got to the semifinal after defeating Petr Bar Biryukov 6-4 7-5, Sergey Fomin 4-6 7-5 7-5 and Harold Mayot 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-2 6-3). During the match Shimabukuro scored 70 points vs Mayot’s 48. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Shimabukuro struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sho Shimabukuro was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sho broke Mayot 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

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

Sho has an aggregate 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 20-16 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Jacquet	Shimabukuro
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	7
Tot Games	72	73
Pts	251-205	255-209
Total Points	456	464
Winners	82	108
%Winners	33%	42%

Both Jacquet and Shimabukuro played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Kyrian Jacquet conceded 2 sets, while Sho Shimabukuro dropped 1 set. Jacquet has played 1 set more than Shimabukuro (8 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Jacquet played 1 game less than Shimabukuro. The French player scored 82 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sho fired 108 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Jacquet	Shimabukuro
Aces	26	34
Avg per match	8.7	11.3
1st in	120/225	139/230
%1st in	53%	60%
1st pts	82/120	108/139
%1st pts	68%	78%
2nd pts	60/105	55/91
%2nd pts	57%	60%

Jacquet fired 26 aces (8.7 per match). Shimabukuro scored 34 aces (11.3 per match). Jacquet won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shimabukuro won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Jacquet	Shimabukuro
Won	15	8
Converted	15/32	8/17
% Converted	47%	47%
Conceded	21	21
Saved	13	19
% Saved	62%	90%
Times Broken	8	2

The French player broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Sho broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sho conceded his serve twice and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Jacquet
	R1 D Prajwal Dev	R2 Jasika	1/4 Uchida	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	4-6 6-3 6-2	6-3 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	27	28	72
pts	72-54	82-64	97-87	251-205
Total points	126	146	184	456
Winners	22	31	29	82
%Winners	31%	38%	30%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	10	11	26
Double Faults	0	2	2	4
1st in	36/62	42/78	42/85	120/225
% 1st in	58%	54%	49%	53%
1st pts	22/36	31/42	29/42	82/120
% 1st pts	61%	74%	69%	68%
2nd pts	18/26	20/36	22/43	60/105
% 2nd pts	69%	56%	51%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	6	15
Converted	4/13	5/7	6/12	15/32
Converted %	31%	71%	50%	47%
Conceded	8	4	9	21
Saved	7/8	1/4	5/9	13
Saved %	88%	25%	56%	56%
Times Broken	1	3	4	8

Shimabukuro
	R1 Bar	R2 Fomin	1/4 Mayot	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	4-6 7-5 7-5	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	22	34	17	73
pts	72-55	113-106	70-48	255-209
Total points	127	219	118	464
Winners	32	47	29	108
%Winners	44%	42%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	12	14	8	34
Double Faults	4	2	1	7
1st in	37/63	66/104	36/63	139/230
% 1st in	59%	63%	57%	60%
1st pts	32/37	47/66	29/36	108/139
% 1st pts	86%	71%	81%	78%
2nd pts	16/26	23/38	16/27	55/91
% 2nd pts	62%	61%	59%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	3	3	8
Converted	2/3	3/8	3/6	8/17
Converted %	67%	38%	50%	47%
Conceded	6	8	7	21
Saved	6/6	6/8	7/7	19
Saved %	100%	75%	100%	92%
Times Broken	0	2	0	2

Tennis Scores in Shenzhen Challenger

• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jie CuiCui – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Fajing SunSun (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Fajing SunSun (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jie CuiCui – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction