
ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Sebastian Baez, Vit Kopriva, Jenson Brooksby and Shintaro Mochizuki are going to compete on Wednesday at the Chengdu Open.

Sebastian Baez vs. Jenson Brooksby
Head to head 2-0 for Baez
Sebastian Baez will fight against Jenson Brooksby in the 1st round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Center Court.
Sebastian Baez: ranking and results
Ranked no. 51, the Argentine will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in the Cancun Challenger where he lost to Hurkacz in the final on the 23rd of August.
The Argentine has a 33-23 win-loss record in 2026, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Baez’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
Last year in Chengdu Baez didn’t compete in Chengdu in 2025.
Jenson Brooksby: ranking and results
Ranked no. 77, the American will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in the Bordeaux Challenger where he lost to Molcan in the 1st round on the 12th of May.
Jenson has a 12-22 win-loss record in 2026, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Chengdu Brooksby didn’t play in Chengdu in 2025.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Baez and Jenson Brooksby fight against each other. Their record is 2-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time they squared off, Baez won 6-3 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Rome back in May 2026.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jenson Brooksby who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jenson Brooksby is the pick to win this match.
Jenson Brooksby -> 2.39
Sebastian Baez -> 1.57
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Vit Kopriva vs. Jia Hu
Head to head 0-0
Vit Kopriva will compete against Jia Hu in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Center Court.
Vit Kopriva: ranking and results
Ranked no. 71, Kopriva will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in the Cancun Challenger where he lost to Lloyd in the quarter on the 21st of August.
Kopriva has a 24-26 win-loss record in 2026, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Chengdu The Czech didn’t compete in Chengdu in 2025.
Jia Hu: ranking and results
Ranked no. (career high), Jia will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match in M15 Wuning where he lost to in the 2nd round on the 9th of July.
Hu has a 1-3 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Chengdu Jia didn’t play in Chengdu in 2025.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Vit Kopriva and Jia Hu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vit Kopriva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vit Kopriva is the pick to win this match.
Vit Kopriva -> 1.003
Jia Hu -> 16.75
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Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Pavel Kotov
Head to head 1-0 for Kotov
Shintaro Mochizuki will square off with Pavel Kotov in the qualifications for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on Court 1.
Shintaro Mochizuki: ranking and results
Ranked no. 125, Shintaro reached the qualifications after defeating Linang Xiao 7-5 4-6 7-5.
The Japanese has a 20-29 win-loss record in 2026, 12-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Chengdu Mochizuki didn’t compete in Chengdu in 2025.
Pavel Kotov: ranking and results
Ranked no. 188, Kotov reached the qualifications after beating Luca Castelnuovo 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5.
Pavel has a 29-12 win-loss record in 2026, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Koblenz Challenger, the Cherbourg Challenger and the Wuning 1 Challenger.
Last year in Chengdu Pavel didn’t play in Chengdu in 2025.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Shintaro Mochizuki and Pavel Kotov fight against each other. Their actual record is 1-0 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time they played each other, Kotov won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1st round in Guangzhou Challenger back in September 2026.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.75
Pavel Kotov -> 1.94
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At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Chengdu Open
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-4) – H2H – Prediction










