Lloyd Harris and Marat Sharipov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lloyd Harris who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lloyd Harris is the pick to win this match.
Lloyd Harris -> 1.34
Marat Sharipov -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Lloyd Harris vs. Marat Sharipov
There is no head to head record between Lloyd Harris and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Lloyd Harris
31 - 12win/loss
138
31
WLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-12 | 27-6 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 21-19 | 13-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-14 | 16-3 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-23 | 21-16 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Harris got to the 2nd round after defeating Hayato Matsuoka 6-7(6) 7-5 7-6(4).
In the 1st round against Matsuoka, The South African recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 7-64). During the match, Lloyd scored 112 points vs Matsuoka’s 110. Harris was extremely aggressive to blast 70 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lloyd submerged his opponent with 23 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Lloyd Harris was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (70/90) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Harris broke Matsuoka once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Lloyd has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (322-202). 27-6 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lloyd has an overall 216-101 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Soma Bay Challenger where he beat Jack Pinnington Jones in the final 6-1 5-2 ret. and the Tenerife 2 Challenger where he overcame Alejandro Moro Canas in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Brownsburg Challenger where he beat Andre Ilagan in the final 6-2 7-6(6).
Harris has a composed 31-12 win-loss record in 2026, 27-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Marat Sharipov
30 - 17win/loss
364
243
WLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-17 | 18-8 | 10-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 48-26 | 24-11 | 14-9 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-17 | 16-7 | 27-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-18 | 43-4 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-19 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 364, Marat reached the 2nd round after defeating Thomas Fancutt 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marat had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (6-2 6-3). During the match Sharipov scored 58 points vs Fancutt’s 39. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sharipov made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marat Sharipov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 96% (24/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sharipov broke Fancutt 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Shanghai Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 30-17 win-loss record in 2026, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lloyd | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 17 |
| Pts | 112-110 | 58-39 |
| Total Points | 222 | 97 |
| Winners | 70 | 24 |
| %Winners | 63% | 41% |
Both Lloyd and Sharipov played 1 match. At the moment, Lloyd Harris conceded 1 set while Marat Sharipov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lloyd has played 1 set more than Sharipov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lloyd played 21 games more than Sharipov. Harris scored 70 winners (63% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lloyd | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 23 | 7 |
| 1st in | 90/113 | 25/47 |
| %1st in | 80% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 70/90 | 24/25 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 96% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 13/22 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Lloyd fired 23 aces . Sharipov struck 7 aces . Lloyd won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 96% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lloyd | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 20% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The South African broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Harris was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Marat broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marat was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Lloyd | |||
| R1 Matsuoka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 112-110 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 70 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 63% | 63% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 23 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 90/113 | 90/113 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 70/90 | 70/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sharipov | |||
| R1 Fancutt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-39 | 58-39 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 24/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-76 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Yuta KikuchiKikuchi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandr BindaBinda – Aoran WangWang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Jesse DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo – Omar JasikaJasika (6-76 6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Fajing SunSun – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-5 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Kaichi UchidaUchida (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Semen PankinPankin (5-7 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Yaojie ZengZeng (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Linang XiaoXiao (6-4 1-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Yuta KikuchiKikuchi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Jake DelaneyDelaney – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandr BindaBinda – Aoran WangWang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka (6-7(6) 7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov – Jesse DelaneyDelaney (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Jake DelaneyDelaney (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Akira SantillanSantillan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
