Carlos Alcaraz and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Stadium Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.038
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 10.75
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Juan Manuel Cerundolo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Alcaraz won 4-0 4-1 2-4 4-3(3) in the R in Next gen atp finals back in 2021.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo – Next gen atp finals 11-November-2021
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-4 | 26-3 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 71-9 | 28-4 | 22-1 | 10-3 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-13 | 22-5 | 17-4 | 7-3 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 3, the Spaniard will start his run in Shanghai after he won the title in Tokyo after beating 7-6(4) 6-4 Lehecka in the final.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 32-4 win-loss record in 2026, 26-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title at the Australian Open where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 and in Doha where he overcame Arthur Fils in the final 6-2 6-1 and in Tokyo where he overcame Jiri Lehecka in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 390-89 record. He has a positive 151-32 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
34 - 23win/loss
55
42
WLLWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-23 | 9-8 | 23-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Manuel got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Manuel had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 6-4). During the match Manuel scored 59 points vs Mejia’s 48. Juan was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Manuel struck 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Juan Manuel Cerundolo was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Argentine broke Mejia 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bordeaux Challenger where he defeated Raphael Collignon in the final 5-7 6-1 7-6(4).
Juan has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2026, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Ben SheltonShelton – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alex MolcanMolcan (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur GeaGea – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (8-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (10-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
