Jeff Wolf and Juncheng Shang will face off in the 1st round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.34
Juncheng Shang -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jeff Wolf
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-26 | 11-16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 16-13 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 23-15 | 8-4 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-11 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 111 (career-high), Wolf will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Orlando Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Murray Kubler in the semifinal on the 11th of June.
The American has a composed 26-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Jeff’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger,the Savannah Challenger and the Orlando Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Wolf has an overall 116-73 record. He has a positive 46-24 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 374 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 1st round after defeating Ryan Harrison 7-5 7-5 and Murphy Cassone 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Shang defeated Cassone (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match Shang scored 92 points vs Cassone’s 81. Juncheng was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Shang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 71% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Juncheng broke Cassone 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Naples.
Juncheng has an aggregate 20-14 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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