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. 87 achieved on 24 August 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 376 achieved on 16 September 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Japanese player.
Shimabukuro represents Japan at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0.
Career
2023-25: Challenger titles, Major & top 150 debuts Following his first two career Challengers titles, one in January in Nonthaburi, defeating Arthur Cazaux and in May 2023 in Tunis, Shimabukuro reached the top 200 at world No. 178 on 22 May 2023.
In June 2023, 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. 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. He climbed another 10 positions to world No. 162, one week later, on 26 June 2023. 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.
In August 2023, Shimabukuro entered the ATP 500 tournament in Washington as a lucky loser and won his first career ATP tour level match defeating Lloyd Harris but lost to Christopher Eubanks. Shimabukuro also qualified for the main draw on his debut at the 2023 US Open. He qualified for the 2023 Astana Open and defeated Roberto Carballés Baena, his second career ATP tour win.
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.
2026: Masters & top 100 debuts, Japanese No. 1 At the 2026 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Shimabukoro qualified for the main draw and defeated Adrian Mannarino. Ranked at a career-high of No. 113, as the No. 1 Japanese player, Shimabukoro qualified for his first Masters main draw at the 2026 BNP Paribas Open.
Ranked No. 104, Shimabukoro also qualified for the main draw at the 2026 BOSS Open and defeated Quentin Halys and Nick Kyrgios to reach his first ATP quarterfinal and also record his first two grass court wins. As a result he reached the top 100 in the singles rankings on 15 June 2026. A week later he moved to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 89.
Performance timeline
Singles
Current through the 2026 BNP Paribas Open.
Tournament202320242025 2026Win%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q2Q10 / 00–0French OpenAQ1AQ10 / 00–0Wimbledon1RQ3Q21R0 / 20–2US Open1RQ1Q11R0 / 20–2Win–loss0–20–00–00–20 / 40–4ATP 1000 tournamentsIndian Wells OpenAAA1R0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAAQ20 / 00–0Monte-Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati OpenAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersQ1Q2A0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–10 / 10–1
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Nonthaburi Challenger III, ThailandHard Arthur Cazaux 6–2, 7–5Win2–0Tunis Open, TunisiaClay Geoffrey Blancaneaux6–4, 6–4Loss2–1Kobe Challenger, JapanHard Duje Ajduković 4–6, 2–6Loss2–2Winnipeg Challenger, CanadaHard Benjamin Bonzi 7–5, 1–6, 4–6Win3–2Shanghai Challenger, ChinaHard Hsu Yu-hsiou6–4, 6–4Loss3–3Guangzhou Tennis Open, ChinaHard Christopher O'Connell6–1, 5–7, 6–7 (5–7)Win4–3Zhangjiagang Challenger, ChinaHard Oliver Crawford6–3, 3–6, 7–5Win5–3Seoul Challenger, South KoreaHard Coleman Wong6–4, 6–3Loss5–4Matsuyama Challenger, JapanHard Henrique Rocha5–7, 6–3, 2–6
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Kofu, JapanHard Jumpei Yamasaki6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss0–2M15 Wuhan, ChinaHard Shuichi Sekiguchi3–6, 0–6Win1–2M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Ruan Roelofse7–6(7–3), 6–2Win2–2M25 Monastir, TunisiaHard Clément Tabur6–1, 4–6, 6–1Win3–2M25 Harmon Air Force Base, Guam (USA)Hard Hong Seong-chan3–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss3–3M25 Tsukuba, JapanHard Hsu Yu-hsiou6–7(5–7), 4–6
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (–)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Indonesia F3, JakartaHard Sho Katayama Justin Barki Christopher Rungkat3–6, 2–6Win1–1Indonesia F2, JakartaHard Kaito Uesugi Cheong-Eui Kim David Agung Susanto6–3, 7–6(7–4)Loss1–2M15 Wuhan, ChinaHard Shuichi Sekiguchi Sora Fukuda Yuki Mochizuki7–6(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]Loss1–3M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Hiroyasu Ehara Justin Barki Ruan Roelofse6–7(3–7), 4–6Win2–3M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Hiroyasu Ehara Jonathan Gray Jumpei Yamasaki6–1, 6–2Loss2–4M15 Cancún, MexicoHard Naoki Tajima Siddhant Banthia Seita Watanabe6–1, 4–6, [3–10]Win3–4M15 Cancún, MexicoHard Naoki Tajima Mwendwa Mbithi Peter Bertran7–6(7–5), 6–4
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