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Sho Shimabukuro vs Yuta ShimizuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇯🇵Sho Shimabukuro

#87 · 29 yrs · R

63Lost 6 straightBeat 3 favorites

2–4

6 meetings · sets 6–9

🇯🇵Yuta Shimizu

#388 · 27 yrs · L

3Beat 3 favorites

Sho Shimabukuro and Yuta Shimizu have met 6 times since 2022; Yuta Shimizu leads 4–2. Their first meeting came at Nonthaburi 3 Challenger in 2022 on hard. On hard courts Shimizu leads 4–2. Across all meetings Shimabukuro has taken 6 sets to Shimizu's 9. Their most recent meeting: Sho Shimabukuro won at Jiujiang Challenger (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Indicator	Sho Shimabukuro		Yuta Shimizu
Wins in straight sets	70%	30/43	58%	14/24
Wins a set when losing	36%	9/25	36%	9/25
Goes to a deciding set	32%	22/68	39%	19/49
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	51%	19/37	38%	8/21
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	57%	16/28	62%	16/26
Tiebreak sets won	70%	16/23	64%	14/22
Wins after taking set 1	87%	39/45	73%	19/26
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	67%	30/45	54%	14/26

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 3 of 6 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shimabukuro 1, Shimizu 2).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Shimabukuro

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Shimizu

⚙️ Grinder

Relentless consistencyDeep court positioningHigh rally toleranceMental fortitude

Matchup analysis

The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,470 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Sho Shimabukuro.

Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.

Previous meetings

6 career meetings, newest first

Apr 29, 2026

Jiujiang Challenger

H Hard · 1st Round

Shimabukuro

Apr 23, 2026

Gwangju Challenger

H Hard · 2nd Round

6⁶7

Shimizu

Aug 24, 2025

US Open

H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying

7⁷6³

Shimizu

Apr 15, 2025

Busan Challenger

H Hard · 1st Round

Shimizu

Mar 12, 2024

Hamburg Challenger

H Hard · 1st Round

6⁵7

Shimizu

Sep 7, 2022

Nonthaburi 3 Challenger

H Hard · 2nd Round

Shimabukuro

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Outcome	Sho Shimabukuro		Yuta Shimizu
1 or more	100%	15/15	80%	8/10
3 or more	87%	13/15	70%	7/10
5 or more	73%	11/15	30%	3/10
10 or more	27%	4/15	10%	1/10
15 or more	13%	2/15	0%	0/10
20 or more	0%	0/15	0%	0/10

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
W-L	7–8	6–6
Avg odds	2.30	2.04
ROI %	-9.9%	+8.2%
Units P/L	-1.48u	+0.98u

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Countries	2	1
Events	3	1
Matches	3	1
Distance	1,024 mi · 1,648 km	0 mi · 0 km
Route	CAN → USA	GBR

Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Shimabukuro has a higher win rate against shared opponents (83% vs Shimizu's 17%).

Opponent	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Dan Martin	L 36 46	W 76 76
Jurij Rodionov	W 76 63	L 62 57 46
Bernard Tomic	W 63 63	L 64 67 57
Alex Bolt	W 62 67 63	L 36 46
Harold Mayot	W 62 63	L 46 26
Juan Manuel Cerundolo	W 64 63	L 16 46

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Shimabukuro

LLLLLLWL

Miomir Kecmanovic

Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round

Aug 23

Hubert Hurkacz

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round

Aug 14

Marin Cilic

National Bank Open - Montreal · 1st Round

6²7

Aug 4

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Mifel Tennis Open - Los Cabos · 1st Round

76⁴

Jul 29

Jaime Faria

Wimbledon - London · 1st Round

6⁶7

76²

Jun 30

Frances Tiafoe

Terra Wortmann Open - Halle · 2nd Round

Jun 17

Tallon Griekspoor

Terra Wortmann Open - Halle · 1st Round

Jun 16

Ben Shelton

Boss Open - Stuttgart · Quarterfinals

Jun 13

Shimizu

LLWLWWLL

Anton Matusevich

Roehampton 1 Challenger · 1st Round

Aug 18

Johannus Monday

Winnipeg Challenger · 2nd Round

Jul 23

Liam Broady

Winnipeg Challenger · 1st Round

Jul 21

Justin Boulais

Granby Challenger · 2nd Round

Jul 15

Jay Friend

Granby challenger

Jul 14

Jay Dylan Hara Friend

Granby Challenger · 1st Round

Jul 13

Ryan Colby

M25 Laval · 1st Round

Jul 7

Michael Mmoh

Cary Challenger · 1st Round

6³7

6⁵7

Jun 30

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ ShimabukuroShimizu ahead↓ Shimizu

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 49–69 matches

Metric	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Matches won	62%	49%
Sets won	59%	49%
Games won	52%	49%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Grand Slam	0	1
ATP Challenger Tour	2	3

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Shimabukuro	Shimizu
Hard	2	4

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Sho Shimabukuro vs Yuta Shimizu FAQ

Yuta Shimizu leads the head-to-head 4–2 over 6 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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