Marat Sharipov and Jake Delaney will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Jinan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marat Sharipov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marat Sharipov is the pick to win this match.
Marat Sharipov -> 1.191
Jake Delaney -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Marat Sharipov vs. Jake Delaney
There is no head to head record between Marat Sharipov and Jake Delaney since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marat Sharipov
39 - 19win/loss
234
232
WLWLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-19 | 27-10 | 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. 234, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Zhe Jiang 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Sharipov had a good straight sets win against Jiang (6-1 6-0). During the match, Sharipov scored 52 points vs Jiang’s 19. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sharipov fired 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Marat Sharipov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (16/20) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marat broke Jiang 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Sharipov has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (229-116). 27-10 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sharipov has an overall120-43 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Pavel Kotov in the final 6-0 6-3.
Sharipov has an overall 39-19 win-loss record in 2026, 27-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Marat has never competed in this tournament before.
Jake Delaney
52 - 28win/loss
357
342
WLWWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52-28 | 48-25 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-28 | 42-24 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-31 | 38-28 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 34-21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-10 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Ajeet Rai 4-3 ret..
In the qualifications against Rai, Jake had a free pass after Rai retired on a 4-3 . scoreline.
Delaney’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Wuning,M15 Harmon,M15 Tokyo and M15 Brisbane.
Delaney has an overall 52-28 win-loss record in 2026, 48-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sharipov | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 7 |
| Pts | 52-19 | 20-21 |
| Total Points | 71 | 41 |
| Winners | 16 | 9 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Sharipov and Delaney played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sharipov and Delaney have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sharipov played 6 games more than Delaney. Sharipov scored 16 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 9 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sharipov | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 20/33 | 13/19 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 9/13 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 4/6 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 67% |
Sharipov bagged 3 aces . Delaney recorded 1 ace . Sharipov won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Delaney won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sharipov | Delaney |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 1 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 86% | 100% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Delaney broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Delaney was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sharipov | |||
| Q1 Jiang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-19 | 52-19 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Delaney | |||
| Q1 Rai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 7 | |
| pts | 20-21 | 20-21 | |
| Total points | 41 | 41 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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