Sho Shimabukuro and Kaichi Uchida will clash against each other in the quarter of the Kobe Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.39
Kaichi Uchida -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Kaichi Uchida

This will be the 5^th time that Sho Shimabukuro and Kaichi Uchida play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Uchida (see full H2H stats), but Shimabukuro leads 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Uchida won 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Yokkaichi Challenger back in 2024.

Sho Shimabukuro

Ranked no. 147, the Japanese got to the quarter after defeating Kokoro Isomura 7-6(1) 6-4 and Maximus Jones 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Jones, Shimabukuro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Shimabukuro scored 104 points vs Jones’s 96. Shimabukuro was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimabukuro blasted 12 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Jones 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shimabukuro has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Shimabukuro has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (275-168). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimabukuro has an overall 27-19 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he defeated Oliver Crawford in the final 6-3 3-6 7-5 and the Seoul Challenger where he beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Japanese has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Kaichi Uchida

Ranked no. 309, Uchida got to the quarter after beating Yusuke Takahashi 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Oliver Crawford 6-7(10) 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Crawford, Uchida recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹⁰ 6-3 6-4). During the match Uchida scored 102 points vs Crawford’s 96. Kaichi was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Talking about serving, Uchida overpowered his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Kaichi Uchida lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Uchida put 62% of his first serves in, winning 84% (54/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Uchida broke Crawford 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kaichi has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Kaichi’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom,M25 Sapporo,M25 Takasaki and M25 Perth.

Kaichi has an aggregate 42-29 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	51	61
Pts	175-159	197-183
Total Points	334	380
Winners	83	96
%Winners	47%	49%

Both Shimabukuro and Uchida played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sho Shimabukuro conceded 1 set, while Kaichi Uchida lost 2 sets. Shimabukuro has played 1 set(s) less than Uchida (5 vs 6). Therefore, Shimabukuro played 10 games less than Uchida. Shimabukuro scored 83 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kaichi fired 96 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Aces	24	34
Avg per match	12	17
1st in	107/173	118/199
%1st in	62%	59%
1st pts	83/107	96/118
%1st pts	78%	81%
2nd pts	30/66	38/81
%2nd pts	45%	47%

Shimabukuro struck 24 aces (12 per match). Uchida managed to score 34 aces (17 per match). Shimabukuro won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shimabukuro	Uchida
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
% Converted	46%	46%
Conceded	19	7
Saved	15	4
% Saved	79%	57%
Times Broken	4	3

Shimabukuro broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Shimabukuro
	R1 Isomura	R2 Jones	Total
Score	7-61 6-4	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	23	28	51
pts	71-63	104-96	175-159
Total points	134	200	334
Winners	39	44	83
%Winners	55%	42%	47%
SERVE
Aces	12	12	24
Double Faults	3	8	11
1st in	48/73	59/100	107/173
% 1st in	66%	59%	62%
1st pts	39/48	44/59	83/107
% 1st pts	81%	75%	78%
2nd pts	10/25	20/41	30/66
% 2nd pts	40%	49%	45%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/4	3/9	6/13
Converted %	75%	33%	46%
Conceded	8	11	19
Saved	6/8	9/11	15
Saved %	75%	82%	79%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Uchida
	R1 Takahashi	R2 Crawford	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-710 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	32	61
pts	95-87	102-96	197-183
Total points	182	198	380
Winners	42	54	96
%Winners	44%	53%	49%
SERVE
Aces	10	24	34
Double Faults	3	5	8
1st in	54/96	64/103	118/199
% 1st in	56%	62%	59%
1st pts	42/54	54/64	96/118
% 1st pts	78%	84%	81%
2nd pts	21/42	17/39	38/81
% 2nd pts	50%	44%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/7	3/6	6/13
Converted %	43%	50%	46%
Conceded	5	2	7
Saved	3/5	1/2	4
Saved %	60%	50%	55%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-6¹¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (4-6 6-1 7-6¹¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yu Hsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao HuangHsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao Huang – Finn Reynolds/James WattReynolds/James Watt (6-4 4-6 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elias YmerYmer – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction