Denis Kudla and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.21
Juncheng Shang -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Denis got to the 1st round after beating Gustavo Heide 6-75 6-4 6-3 and Ulises Blanch 7-68 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Blanch (7-68 2-6 6-3).During the match, Kudla scored less points (4) than Blanch. In fact, the world no. 84 won 95 points vs Blanch’s. That means that Kudla was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 67% of his first serves in, winning 64% (47/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Blanch twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Kudla has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (335-248). 11-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has an overall 165-127 match record in the last years on hard.
Kudla’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 11-9 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-6 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 441 (career-high), Shang will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in the Phoenix Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-0 to Machac in the qualifications on the 14th of March.
The Chinese has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Chinese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Naples.
In terms of his career, Shang has an overall 28-10 record. He has a positive 8-5 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Head 2 Head
LWWLLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Miami
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-68 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (3-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elias YmerYmer (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Nicolas KickerKicker (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-6 7-61 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gilles SimonSimon – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aljaz BedeneBedene – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Benoit PairePaire (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taro DanielDaniel (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Facundo BagnisBagnis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (3-1) – H2H and prediction
