# Sho Shimabukuro

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

## Career
### 2023: Maiden Challenger title, Major and top 150 debuts

Following his first two career Challengers titles, one in January and in May, he reached the top 200 at world No. 178 on 22 May 2023.
In June, he 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. In the next grass Challenger, the 2023 Ilkley Trophy he reached also the quarterfinals as a lucky loser but retired against Arthur Cazaux. He climbed another 10 positions to world No. 162, one week later, on 26 June 2023.
He made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for the main draw of the 2023 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to 21st seed Grigor Dimitrov.
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.
He also qualified for the main draw on his debut at the US Open. He qualified for the 2023 Astana Open and defeated Roberto Carballés Baena, his second career ATP tour win. He received a wildcard for the ATP 500 Japan Open.

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2024 French Open qualifying.

### Singles

| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 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
### Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2023 | Nonthaburi III, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Arthur Cazaux | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 2023 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2023 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Duje Ajduković | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2024 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Benjamin Bonzi | 7–5, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2024 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Hsu Yu-hsiou | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2024 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Christopher O'Connell | 6–1, 5–7, 6–7 $^{(5–7)}$ |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* 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 | Jumpei Yamasaki | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2019 | M15 Wuhan, China | WTT | Hard | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2019 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | WTT | Hard | Ruan Roelofse | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2022 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Clément Tabur | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2022 | M25 Harmon Air Force Base, Guam (USA) | WTT | Hard | Hong Seong-chan | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2023 | M25 Tsukuba, Japan | WTT | Hard | Hsu Yu-hsiou | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |

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

* 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 | Sho Katayama | Justin Barki Christopher Rungkat | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2018 | Indonesia F2, Jakarta | Futures | Hard | Kaito Uesugi | Cheong-Eui Kim David Agung Susanto | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2019 | M15 Wuhan, China | WTT | Hard | Shuichi Sekiguchi | Sora Fukuda Yuki Mochizuki | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2019 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | WTT | Hard | Hiroyasu Ehara | Justin Barki Ruan Roelofse | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 2019 | M15 Jakarta, Indonesia | WTT | Hard | Hiroyasu Ehara | Jonathan Gray Jumpei Yamasaki | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Naoki Tajima | Siddhant Banthia Seita Watanabe | 6–1, 4–6, [3–10] |
| Win | 3–4 | Oct 2021 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Naoki Tajima | Mwendwa Mbithi Peter Bertran | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |