Sho Shimabukuro

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Sho Shimabukuro
Shimabukuro at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 28)
Gifu, Japan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $ 693,345
Singles
Career record5–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 135 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 157 (3 November 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2025)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record2–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 376 (16 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 554 (23 June 2025)
Last updated on: 30 September 2025.

Sho Shimabukuro (島袋 将, Shimabukuro Shō, born 30 July 1997) is a Japanese professional tennis player. Shimabukuro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135 achieved on 2 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 376 achieved on 16 September 2024.[1] He is currently the No. 4 Japanese player.[2]

Shimabukuro represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0.[3]

Career

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2023-2025: Maiden Challenger title, Major, top 150 debuts

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Following his first two career Challengers titles, one in January in Nonthaburi, defeating Arthur Cazaux[4] and in May 2023, Shimabukuro reached the top 200 at world No. 178 on 22 May 2023.[1]

In June, Shimabukuro defeated Liam Broady in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 Nottingham Open. As a result, he reached a new career ranking of No. 172 on 19 June 2023.[1] In the next grass court Challenger event, the 2023 Ilkley Trophy, he reached also the quarterfinals as a lucky loser but retired this time against Arthur Cazaux.[5] He climbed another 10 positions to world No. 162, one week later, on 26 June 2023.[1]

Shimabukuro made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for the main draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to 21st seed Grigor Dimitrov.[6][7] He entered the tournament in Washington as a lucky loser and won his first career ATP tour level match defeating Lloyd Harris but lost to Christopher Eubanks.[8]

Shimabukuro also qualified for the main draw on his debut at the US Open.[9] He qualified for the 2023 Astana Open and defeated Roberto Carballés Baena, his second career ATP tour win.[10]

Shimabukuro received a wildcard for the main draw of the ATP 500 2023 Japan Open, and for the qualifying draw at the same tournament in 2025 where he qualified and upset fifth seed Tomáš Macháč for the biggest win of his career and only his fifth ATP win.[11][12]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2025 Australian Open qualifying.

Singles

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Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 1R Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–2 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2023 Nonthaburi III, Thailand Challenger Hard France Arthur Cazaux 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–0 May 2023 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Clay France Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Nov 2023 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard Croatia Duje Ajduković 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Jul 2024 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard France Benjamin Bonzi 7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2024 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Sep 2024 Guangzhou, China Challenger Hard Australia Christopher O'Connell 6–1, 5–7, 6–7 (5–7)
Win 4–3 Nov 2025 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard Hong Kong Coleman Wong 6–4, 6–3

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2019 M15 Kofu, Japan WTT Hard Japan Jumpei Yamasaki 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M15 Wuhan, China WTT Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2019 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia WTT Hard South Africa Ruan Roelofse 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win 2–2 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard France Clément Tabur 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 3–2 Jun 2022 M25 Harmon Air Force Base, Guam (USA) WTT Hard South Korea Hong Seong-chan 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Apr 2023 M25 Tsukuba, Japan WTT Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu-hsiou 6–7(5–7), 4–6

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2017 Indonesia F3, Jakarta Futures Hard Japan Sho Katayama Indonesia Justin Barki
Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 		3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2018 Indonesia F2, Jakarta Futures Hard Japan Kaito Uesugi South Korea Cheong-Eui Kim
Indonesia David Agung Susanto 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–2 May 2019 M15 Wuhan, China WTT Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi Japan Sora Fukuda
Japan Yuki Mochizuki 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss 1–3 Aug 2019 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia WTT Hard Japan Hiroyasu Ehara Indonesia Justin Barki
South Africa Ruan Roelofse 		6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2019 M15 Jakarta, Indonesia WTT Hard Japan Hiroyasu Ehara United Kingdom Jonathan Gray
Japan Jumpei Yamasaki 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 2–4 Oct 2021 M15 Cancún, Mexico WTT Hard Japan Naoki Tajima India Siddhant Banthia
Japan Seita Watanabe 		6–1, 4–6, [3–10]
Win 3–4 Oct 2021 M15 Cancún, Mexico WTT Hard Japan Naoki Tajima United States Mwendwa Mbithi
Dominican Republic Peter Bertran 		7–6(7–5), 6–4

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sho Shimabukuro | Rankings History | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Japan | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Davis Cup: Shintaro Mochizuki-Sho Shimabukuro help Japan beat Pakistan to enter 2022 qualifiers". Firstpost. March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Kust, Damian (2023-01-23). "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Cazaux Stopped by Shimabukuro, Titles for Shevchenko and Collarini". Last Word On Tennis. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  5. ^ "Challenger Standout Cazaux Inspired By Nadal, Curry, Kobe". 22 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Tennis: Activists stop play at Wimbledon on day to forget for Japan". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  7. ^ "Taylor Fritz Survives Hanfmann Scare, Frances Tiafoe & Milos Raonic Advances At Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  8. ^ "Murray claims first win since Wimbledon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  9. ^ "Official Site of the 2023 US Open Tennis Championships". Archived from the original on 2023-08-28.
  10. ^ "ATP roundup: Adrian Mannarino wins Astana opener". Reuters. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  11. ^ @ATPTour (September 25, 2025). "First main draw match of the season ✅First main draw win of the season ✅ Sho Shimabukuro knocks out No.5 seed Machac 6-3 7-6(4) to advance to round two.@japanopentennis #kinoshitajotennis" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "World number 273 pulls off major upset in Japan as he knocks out Tomas Machac and reaches next round". 25 September 2025.
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