Sho Shimabukuro and Kasidit Samrej will square off in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.29
Kasidit Samrej -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kasidit Samrej

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

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 193, Shimabukuro got to the quarter after beating Omar Jasika 6-3 5-7 7-6(4) and Rio Noguchi 6-4 6-3

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In the 2^nd round, Sho had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 66 points vs Noguchi’s 44. Sho was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro made 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sho broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Shimabukuro has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (266-167). 22-18 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimabukuro has an aggregate 200-121 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

Sho has an aggregate 25-21 win-loss record in 2025, 22-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Kasidit Samrej

Ranked no. 408, Samrej got to the quarter after beating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-3, Takuya Kumasaka 6-2 6-1, Yuki Mochizuki 6-4 6-3 and Oliver Crawford 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Samrej defeated Crawford (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Samrej scored 96 points vs Crawford’s 93. Samrej was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Samrej scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kasidit Samrej was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Thai broke Crawford 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Thai started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Samrej’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Maanshan and M15 Singapore.

Kasidit has a composed 46-27 win-loss record in 2025, 28-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Samrej
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	53	79
Pts	179-155	286-219
Total Points	334	505
Winners	69	101
%Winners	39%	35%

Shimabukuro played 2 matches while Samrej competed in 4 matches. Samrej started his run from the qualifications while Shimabukuro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sho Shimabukuro dropped 1 set, while Kasidit Samrej lost 1 set. Shimabukuro has played 4 set(s) less than Samrej (5 vs 9). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 26 games less than Samrej. Sho scored 69 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Thai made 101 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Samrej
Aces	8	17
Avg per match	4	4.3
1st in	86/142	133/231
%1st in	61%	58%
1st pts	69/86	101/133
%1st pts	80%	76%
2nd pts	27/56	55/98
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Shimabukuro blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Samrej blasted 17 aces (4.3 per match). Shimabukuro won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Samrej won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Samrej
Won	8	17
Converted	8/20	17/33
% Converted	40%	52%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	4	5
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	5

Sho broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Samrej broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. Kasidit conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Jasika	R2 Noguchi	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 7-64	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	34	19	53
pts	113-111	66-44	179-155
Total points	224	110	334
Winners	46	23	69
%Winners	41%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	4	8
Double Faults	9	0	9
1st in	60/98	26/44	86/142
% 1st in	61%	59%	61%
1st pts	46/60	23/26	69/86
% 1st pts	77%	88%	80%
2nd pts	16/38	11/18	27/56
% 2nd pts	42%	61%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/13	4/7	8/20
Converted %	31%	57%	40%
Conceded	7	1	8
Saved	4/7	0/1	4
Saved %	57%	0%	29%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Samrej
	Q1 Hee Lee	Q3 Kumasaka	R1 Mochizuki	R2 Crawford	Total
Score	6-1 6-3	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-3	6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	16	15	19	29	79
pts	65-38	63-42	62-46	96-93	286-219
Total points	103	105	108	189	505
Winners	21	23	25	32	101
%Winners	32%	37%	40%	33%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	4	8	17
Double Faults	2	0	0	3	5
1st in	28/48	34/58	32/45	39/80	133/231
% 1st in	58%	59%	71%	49%	58%
1st pts	21/28	23/34	25/32	32/39	101/133
% 1st pts	75%	68%	78%	82%	76%
2nd pts	12/20	13/24	9/13	21/41	55/98
% 2nd pts	60%	54%	69%	51%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5	4	3	17
Converted	5/9	5/10	4/6	3/8	17/33
Converted %	56%	50%	67%	38%	52%
Conceded	3	3	2	2	10
Saved	2/3	2/3	1/2	0/2	5
Saved %	67%	67%	50%	0%	92%
Times Broken	1	1	1	2	5

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