Sho Shimabukuro and Uisung Park will face off in the 1st round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 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.
As per the initial odds, Sho Shimabukuro is the pick to win this match.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.097
Uisung Park -> 5.7
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Uisung Park
There is no head to head record between Sho Shimabukuro and Uisung Park since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sho Shimabukuro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-26 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 108 (career-high), Shimabukuro will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-1 to Riedi in the quarter on the 17th of April.
The Japanese has an aggregate 17-11 win-loss record in 2026, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sho’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the San Diego Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Sho has an overall 292-180 record. He has a positive 222-131 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Uisung Park
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-16 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-20 | 34-17 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-8 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-16 | 29-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 717, Park will start his run in the Gwangju Challenger after he played his last match in the Busan Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-4 to Zhukayev in the 1st round on the 14th of April.
The Korean has an overall 3-6 win-loss record in 2026, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Park has an overall 161-90 record. He has a positive 148-78 record on hard.
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2025. See his history.
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Head 2 Head
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- Jason JungJung – Hyeon ChungChung (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MasurMasur – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Uisung ParkPark (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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