Thomas Shimada

JPN Age 51 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1993–2003

Thomas Shimada represented Japan on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 477. In TennisDB's records, Thomas Shimada finished with a career record of 0–5 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

477 (Nov 3, 1997)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Career record

0–5 (0.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$433,946

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Thomas Shimada's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alex Kim	5-7 3-6	L	—	Match data	Jul 10, 2003*	R32	Newport	ATP 250	Grass
Yong Il Yoon #194	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 20, 2001*	R32	Shanghai Masters	ATP 250	Hard
Razvan Sabau #167	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1997*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 500	Hard
Ivan Lendl #17	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 31, 1994*	R32	Osaka	ATP 250	Hard
Alex Obrien	4-6 1-6	L	—	Match data	Apr 7, 1993*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 500	Hard

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Thomas Shimada's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Alex Kim	1	1	Jul 10, 2003	—
Yong Il Yoon	1	1	Sep 20, 2001	H2H
Razvan Sabau	1	1	Apr 16, 1997	H2H
Ivan Lendl	1	1	Mar 31, 1994	H2H
Alex Obrien	1	1	Apr 7, 1993	—

Career Results

Thomas Shimada career results by season
Season	Age	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	18	1	1	0.0%	1,097	772
1994	19	1	1	0.0%	772	778
1997	22	1	1	0.0%	843	540
2001	26	1	1	0.0%	822	827
2003	28	1	1	0.0%	1,278	857
Career		5	5	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Thomas Shimada career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Thomas Shimada career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 3/5 (60.0%) of Thomas Shimada's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Thomas Shimada performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1994	19	1/1	0.0	4.0	53.8%	42.9%	33.3%	0.0%	20.0%	38.5%	35.8%
1997	22	1/1	4.0	2.0	50.0%	58.6%	41.4%	55.6%	—	50.0%	17.9%
2003	28	1/1	3.0	1.0	56.9%	62.1%	63.6%	25.0%	16.7%	62.7%	34.2%
Career		3/5	2.3	2.3	53.6%	54.5%	46.1%	26.9%	12.2%	50.4%	29.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/5 (60.0%) of Thomas Shimada's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Thomas Shimada advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	18	1487	98.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.06
1994	19	1483	103.9	+0.13	+3.15	0.583	37.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.16
1997	22	1469	95.8	-2.02	-3.45	0.359	37.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.10
2001	26	1455	97.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.17
2003	28	1443	97.1	-2.21	-2.07	0.919	46.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.14
Career		1500	96.6	-1.37	-0.79	0.592	40.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.30	—	—	—	+6.20

Tournament Results by Category

ATP 500

Thomas Shimada ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	TKY	W-L Win %
1993	18	R64	0–1 (0%)
1997	22	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

ATP 250

Thomas Shimada ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	NWP	SHA	OSA	W-L Win %
1994	19	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2001	26	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	28	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

477

Career-high date

Nov 3, 1997

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Thomas Shimada ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1098	1097
1993	18	1100	1101	1100	1067	1063	1071	1128	1116	1100	1140	773	772
1994	19	767	753	758	728	739	735	736	637	638	631	772	778
1995	20	778	769	771	806	802	801	787	—	—	—	—	—
1996	21	—	—	—	—	1254	1215	1241	1203	1227	1214	1214	841
1997	22	734	718	708	692	713	599	614	593	538	480	490	540
1998	23	573	537	541	544	525	568	558	569	681	678	671	668
1999	24	662	766	634	627	630	687	696	753	842	834	772	769
2000	25	766	765	1053	1046	1064	1049	1031	1023	1029	1090	—	—
2001	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	822	827	829	827
2002	27	807	793	795	804	810	805	818	836	1382	1286	1284	1278
2003	28	1332	1335	1334	1340	1345	1353	811	827	826	845	839	857
2004	29	859	855	862	857	861	864	864	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Thomas Shimada's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Jonas Froberg	SWE	476	1,525	2	1	1	50.0%	2000–2000	Match log
Adam Malik	MAS	436	1,529	5	2	3	40.0%	1993–1995	Match log
Howard Joffe	RSA	428	1,515	2	1	1	50.0%	1995–1995	Match log
Mehdi Tahiri	MAR	324	1,500	11	1	10	9.1%	1994–2006	Match log
Luke Smith	AUS	363	1,536	7	2	5	28.6%	1997–2001	Match log
Bent Ove Pedersen	NOR	366	1,515	3	1	2	33.3%	1993–1993	Match log
James Greenhalgh	NZL	327	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	1992–1996	Match log
Mounir El Aarej	MAR	319	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	1997–2006	Match log
Steven Downs	NZL	279	1,515	6	1	5	16.7%	1994–1997	Match log
Stephen Noteboom	NED	333	1,524	3	1	2	33.3%	1995–1996	Match log
Tasos Bavelas	GRE	451	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	1986–1993	Match log
Kotaro Miyachi	JPN	303	1,535	8	4	4	50.0%	1995–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Thomas Shimada?: Thomas Shimada is 51 years old, born on February 10, 1975.
Which country does Thomas Shimada represent?: Thomas Shimada represents Japan in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Thomas Shimada?: Thomas Shimada is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Thomas Shimada left-handed or right-handed?: Thomas Shimada plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Thomas Shimada won?: Thomas Shimada has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Thomas Shimada won?: TennisDB does not group any of Thomas Shimada's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Thomas Shimada's highest ATP ranking?: Thomas Shimada's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 477, first achieved on November 3, 1997.
What is Thomas Shimada's career win-loss record?: Thomas Shimada has a career ATP singles record of 0 wins and 5 losses (0.0%).
How much career prize money has Thomas Shimada earned?: Thomas Shimada has earned at least $433,946 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Thomas Shimada's career appear in TennisDB?: Thomas Shimada appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1993 through 2003.
Who has Thomas Shimada faced most often?: Thomas Shimada's most frequent opponent is Alex Kim, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.