Frances Tiafoe and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on John Cain Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.22
Juncheng Shang -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Juncheng Shang

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Tiafoe reached the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶.

In the 1^st round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-3 6-3 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶). During the match, Tiafoe scored 155 points vs Altmaier’s 128. Francis was pretty aggressive to blast 68 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tiafoe overpowered his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was very efficient on serve to win 84% (68/81) of his 1st serve and 65% (31/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Tiafoe has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (307-212). 6-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has an overall 143-99 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret..

The American has a composed 6-0 win-loss record in 2023, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Juncheng Shang

Ranked no. 194, the Chinese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-6², Fernando Verdasco 6-3 2-6 6-4, Zsombor Piros 6-3 6-4 and Oscar Otte 6-2 6-4 6-7² 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Otte (6-2 6-4 6-7² 7-5). During the match Shang scored 136 points vs Otte’s 121. Shang was pretty aggressive to blast 72 winners.

About the serving games, Shang scored 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juncheng Shang was very effective on serve to win 78% (72/92) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Otte 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

The Chinese has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Juncheng has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tiafoe	Shang
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	4	11
Tot Games	44	112
Pts	155-128	360-332
Total Points	283	692
Winners	68	181
%Winners	44%	50%

Tiafoe played 1 match while Shang competed in 4 matches. Shang started his run from the qualifications while Tiafoe had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe surrendered 1 set, while Juncheng Shang conceded 2 sets. Tiafoe has played 7 set(s) less than Shang (4 vs 11). Therefore, Tiafoe played 68 games less than Shang. Tiafoe scored 68 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Shang blasted 181 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tiafoe	Shang
Aces	24	11
Avg per match	24	2.8
1st in	81/129	244/361
%1st in	63%	68%
1st pts	68/81	181/244
%1st pts	84%	74%
2nd pts	31/48	66/117
%2nd pts	65%	56%

Tiafoe fired 24 aces . Shang fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). Tiafoe won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tiafoe	Shang
Won	4	11
Converted	4/16	11/34
% Converted	25%	32%
Conceded	8	18
Saved	7	14
% Saved	88%	78%
Times Broken	1	4

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Juncheng broke his opponents 11 times with a 32% conversion rate. Shang conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
	R1 Altmaier	Total
Score	6-3 6-3 6-75 7-66
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	44	44
pts	155-128	155-128
Total points	283	283
Winners	68	68
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	24	24
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	81/129	81/129
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	68/81	68/81
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	31/48	31/48
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/16	4/16
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	7/8	7
Saved %	88%	88%
Times Broken	1	1

Shang
	Q1 Marozsan	Q2 Verdasco	Q3 Piros	R1 Otte	Total
Score	6-4 7-62	6-3 2-6 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-2 6-4 6-72 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	4	11
Tot Games	23	27	19	43	112
pts	84-76	77-81	63-54	136-121	360-332
Total points	160	158	117	257	692
Winners	36	45	28	72	181
%Winners	43%	58%	44%	53%	50%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4	3	11
Double Faults	5	3	1	0	9
1st in	48/83	65/88	39/62	92/128	244/361
% 1st in	58%	74%	63%	72%	68%
1st pts	36/48	45/65	28/39	72/92	181/244
% 1st pts	75%	69%	72%	78%	74%
2nd pts	19/35	13/23	13/23	21/36	66/117
% 2nd pts	54%	57%	57%	58%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	4	11
Converted	2/9	2/6	3/6	4/13	11/34
Converted %	22%	33%	50%	31%	32%
Conceded	6	6	4	2	18
Saved	5/6	4/6	3/4	2/2	14
Saved %	83%	67%	75%	100%	325%
Times Broken	1	2	1	0	4

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