ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 16 · Kobe
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Watanuki
🤖 Servebot
Shimabukuro
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🎯 Baseliner is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 4,120 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Yosuke Watanuki plays Sho Shimabukuro.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Watanuki | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–3 | 9–8 |
| Avg odds | 3.47 | 2.22 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -4.2% |
| Units P/L | -3.00u | -0.72u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Watanuki
1
Shimabukuro
Nov 17, 2022
Kobe
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 9, 2022
Nonthaburi 3
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Jan 7, 2020
Bendigo 2
H Hard · Round of 32
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shimabukuro has a higher win rate against shared opponents (71% vs Watanuki's 43%).
| Opponent | Watanuki | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Frances Tiafoe | L 61 57 67 | L 46 57 |
| Elias Ymer | W 36 61 64 | W 63 63 |
| Colton Smith | W 76 63 | W 76 75 |
| Zachary Svajda | L 36 61 67 | L 46 16 |
| Omar Jasika | L 62 36 57 | W 63 57 76 |
| Hugo Grenier | W 76 63 | W 46 63 62 |
| Rio Noguchi | L 46 57 | W 64 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Watanuki | Shimabukuro |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 54.1% | 59% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 58.3% | 76.5% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 34.7% | 54.6% |
| Aces / Match | 1.7 | 7.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4.3 | 2.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 25% | 60.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.3% | 32.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 40.9% | 50.9% |
| BP Converted % | 57.6% | 50.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 15 | 26.2 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 38 | 19.6 |
| Net Pts Won % | 40% | 75.5% |
| Total Pts Won % | 42.3% | 53.5% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 60% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Yosuke Watanuki and Sho Shimabukuro face off in the Round of 16 at Kobe on Hard.
Yosuke Watanuki leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Yosuke Watanuki is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Vitaliy Sachko (Jun 10).
Sho Shimabukuro is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Frances Tiafoe (Jun 17).
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