Sho Shimabukuro vs Denis Kudla — Wimbledon Qualifying Final

Wimbledon · ATP · Qualifying Final
Sho Shimabukuro
JPN
Sho Shimabukuro
#90ATP
1672ELO
1653Grass ELO
$268kYTD
$1.0MCAREER
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWWLW
3 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 July 2023
grass
USA
Denis Kudla
33 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Shimabukuro S.
6-4 6-4 6-4
Kudla D.
Shimabukuro S.
6663
Kudla D.
4440

Sho Shimabukuro defeated Denis Kudla 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the Wimbledon qualifying final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Denis Kudla came in defending last year's round of 128.

Key context

  • Match story: Sho Shimabukuro edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Shimabukuro S.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kudla D.

Kudla D.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Shimabukuro S.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Shimabukuro S.Kudla D.
1st serve in·Even
56%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
62%
61%
Aces / match·Even
5.3
5.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 102). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Shimabukuro S.Kudla D.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
50
Break points saved·Even
88
90
Break points won·Clear edge
31
19
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
82
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
38
30

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Shimabukuro S.
4.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Kudla D.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.5
Surface form
4.9
Fatigue & Travel
4.6
Minutes 14d
7.7
0.0
3-set count
8.0
Prev. match
Country comfort
5.6
Context
5.0
Defending pts
6.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Shimabukuro S.Kudla D.
Freshness·
93
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Shimabukuro S.: 11 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
18°CDrizzle
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 55%
Q3
Brouwer G.
Virtanen O.
6-46-26-4
Barrios Vera T.[20]
Seyboth Wild T.[21]
6-46-732-66-36-2
Arnaldi M.[32]
Ferreira Silva F.
7-56-46-4
Lokoli L.
Mmoh M.[13]
2-67-626-32-66-2
Mochizuki S.
Piros Z.[16]
6-36-46-1
Medjedovic H.
Harris B.
6-47-666-4
Stricker D.[10]
Bellucci M.
6-31-66-36-4
Otte O.
Polmans M.
6-37-644-67-5
Coppejans K.
Daniel T.[4]
6-34-64-66-46-2
Shimabukuro S.
Kudla D.
6-46-46-4
Albot R.[5]
Meligeni Alves F.[20]
4-66-36-27-66
Machac T.[6]
Pouille L.
3-63-0
Mayot H.
Gigante M.
6-46-26-2
Novak D.
Watanuki Y.[8]
6-776-36-36-4
Couacaud E.
Kovacevic A.[14]
2-66-47-657-65
Marterer M.
Marozsan F.[3]
7-56-46-755-77-5
Q2
Shimabukuro S.
Samuel T.
5-76-16-4
Novak D.
Broom C.
6-36-4
Coppejans K.
Bergs Z.
6-47-64
Brouwer G.
Rodionov J.[30]
7-56-3
Albot R.[5]
Monday J.
3-67-626-2
Barrios Vera T.[20]
Hijikata R.[9]
7-637-62
Piros Z.[16]
Llamas Ruiz P.
6-47-61
Mochizuki S.
Klein L.
6-766-36-2
Bellucci M.
Collignon R.
6-46-4
Meligeni Alves F.[20]
Cuevas P.
6-47-63
Virtanen O.
Noguchi R.
6-36-3
Marozsan F.[3]
Ymer E.
6-37-61
Pouille L.
Zeppieri G.[23]
6-746-36-3
Otte O.
Riedi L.
6-33-66-3
Couacaud E.
Chung H.
6-12-0
Watanuki Y.[8]
Celikbilek A.
7-646-3
Gigante M.
Diallo G.[29]
6-46-4
Polmans M.
Svajda Z.
4-66-36-3
Kudla D.
Wu T.
6-36-4
Mmoh M.[13]
Madaras D.
3-66-16-4
Marterer M.
Onclin G.
6-26-2
Lokoli L.
Gombos N.
6-37-62
Medjedovic H.
Berankis R.
7-626-726-4
Machac T.[6]
Uchida K.
4-66-36-2
Arnaldi M.[32]
Gaio F.
7-656-4
Daniel T.[4]
Nardi L.
6-36-3
Mayot H.
Duckworth J.[7]
6-46-4
Seyboth Wild T.[21]
Herbert P.
7-57-64
Ferreira Silva F.
Gomez E.[17]
6-26-4
Stricker D.[10]
Ficovich J.
6-46-3
Harris B.
Gaston H.
2-67-656-4
Kovacevic A.[14]
De Jong J.
7-656-4
Q1
Arnaldi M.[32]
Shang J.
3-67-607-5
Herbert P.
Tabilo A.[30]
6-776-47-611
Uchida K.
Agamenone F.
4-67-626-2
Samuel T.
Bellier A.
6-47-65
Klein L.
Kopriva V.
6-36-4
Wu T.
Tseng C.
6-33-66-1
Gomez E.[17]
Bonadio R.
6-46-2
De Jong J.
Hsu Y.
6-36-2
Polmans M.
Vavassori A.[19]
7-637-5
Rodionov J.[30]
Dougaz A.
6-36-1
Llamas Ruiz P.
Neuchrist M.
6-47-62
Medjedovic H.
Martinez P.[19]
6-06-1
Noguchi R.
Pellegrino A.[17]
6-16-1
Collignon R.
Yunchaokete B.[3]
7-653-66-3
Monday J.
Poljicak M.
3-67-646-3
Barrios Vera T.[20]
Donskoy E.
6-36-4
Gaio F.
Cox D.
2-67-627-5
Gombos N.
Moreno De Alboran N.[31]
6-22-66-4
Svajda Z.
Olivieri G.
6-15-76-3
Cuevas P.
Gerasimov E.
6-46-787-62
Mayot H.
Blancaneaux G.
6-06-1
Machac T.[6]
Uchiyama Y.
7-676-4
Broom C.
Giannessi A.
6-46-746-3
Chung H.
Kuzmanov D.
6-23-66-3
Meligeni Alves F.[20]
Pospisil V.
6-27-62
Gaston H.
Maestrelli F.[10]
7-56-4
Madaras D.
Sweeny D.
7-56-2
Mochizuki S.
Grenier H.[18]
6-27-63
Harris B.
Ritschard A.
5-77-656-2
Zeppieri G.[23]
Cazaux A.
7-646-4
Coppejans K.
Skatov T.[27]
6-736-47-611
Mmoh M.[13]
Andreev A.
6-43-67-64
Watanuki Y.[8]
Hong S.
7-647-67
Bergs Z.
Holt B.
6-26-3
Couacaud E.
Brancaccio R.[28]
6-47-63
Shimabukuro S.
Diaz Acosta F.[12]
6-756-36-4
Celikbilek A.
Svrcina D.
6-05-76-2
Piros Z.[16]
De Loore J.
7-671-66-1
Pouille L.
Kolar Z.
4-66-36-3
Daniel T.[4]
Trungelliti M.
6-26-4
Riedi L.
Kokkinakis T.[2]
7-56-4
Diallo G.[29]
Ilkel C.
6-34-66-1
Hijikata R.[9]
Bolt A.
7-627-69
Ficovich J.
Cobolli F.[9]
6-36-4
Marozsan F.[3]
Krutykh O.
6-11-66-3
Kudla D.
Passaro F.[26]
6-46-4
Brouwer G.
Pow L.
6-36-1
Otte O.
Paire B.
6-36-3
Virtanen O.
Laaksonen H.
6-16-4
Novak D.
Misolic F.[30]
6-37-5
Berankis R.
Navone M.
6-16-2
Albot R.[5]
Hardt N.
6-27-62
Duckworth J.[7]
Parker S.
4-66-36-1
Stricker D.[10]
Johnson S.
7-56-4
Bellucci M.
Gakhov I.[32]
6-36-4
Ymer E.
Escoffier A.
6-46-4
Lokoli L.
Ionel N.
6-17-67
Ferreira Silva F.
Dzumhur D.
6-36-4
Nardi L.
Kovalik J.
6-24-66-4
Kovacevic A.[14]
Collarini A.
7-56-3
Onclin G.
Tirante T.[24]
6-26-0
Seyboth Wild T.[21]
Sels J.
6-46-4
Marterer M.
Darderi L.[14]
5-76-16-1
Gigante M.
Wendelken H.
6-37-66