Juncheng Shang and George Loffhagen will square off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.40
George Loffhagen -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. George Loffhagen
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and George Loffhagen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 9-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 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. 176, Shang reached the 2nd round after defeating Billy Harris 6-3 6-3, Stuart Parker 7-65 1-6 7-65 and Constant Lestienne 7-65 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Juncheng defeated Lestienne (7-65 4-6 6-4). During the match, Shang scored 118 points vs Lestienne’s 107. Juncheng was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shang managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (55/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Shang has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (69-38). 3-1 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shang has an overall4-2 record in the last 3 years on grass.
Shang has a compiled 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
George Loffhagen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-15 | 20-6 | 4-2 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-17 | 9-4 | 12-11 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 414 (career-high), George reached the 2nd round after defeating Otto Virtanen 6-3 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (6-3 7-66). During the match Loffhagen scored 79 points vs Virtanen’s 65. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Loffhagen scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. George Loffhagen lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Loffhagen put 65% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Virtanen twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
George’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Loughborough,M25 Mysuru,M25 Nottingham and M25 Bodrum.
George has a composed 27-9 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shang | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 22 |
| Pts | 282-262 | 79-65 |
| Total Points | 544 | 144 |
| Winners | 118 | 42 |
| %Winners | 42% | 53% |
Shang played 3 matches while Loffhagen competed in 1 match. Shang started his run from the qualifications while Loffhagen had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Juncheng Shang conceded 2 sets while George Loffhagen hasn’t lost a set so far. Shang has played 6 sets more than Loffhagen (8 vs 2). Therefore, Shang played 62 games more than Loffhagen. Juncheng scored 118 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, George bagged 42 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shang | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 163/262 | 50/77 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 118/163 | 42/50 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 54/99 | 12/27 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 44% |
Shang made 17 aces (5.7 per match). Loffhagen recorded 7 aces . Shang won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Loffhagen won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shang | Loffhagen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 2 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 41% | 67% |
| Conceded | 25 | 5 |
| Saved | 17 | 4 |
| % Saved | 68% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Juncheng broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Chinese lost his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Loffhagen broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. George conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shang | |||||
| Q1 Harris |
Q3 Parker |
R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-65 1-6 7-65 | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 33 | 84 | |
| pts | 68-45 | 96-110 | 118-107 | 282-262 | |
| Total points | 113 | 206 | 225 | 544 | |
| Winners | 21 | 42 | 55 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 44% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 59/100 | 79/116 | 163/262 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 68% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 42/59 | 55/79 | 118/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 71% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/21 | 20/41 | 17/37 | 54/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 49% | 46% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/4 | 4/10 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 40% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 12 | 25 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/10 | 8/12 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Loffhagen | |||||
| R1 Virtanen |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |||
| pts | 79-65 | 79-65 | |||
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |||
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |||
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |||
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |||
| 1st in | 50/77 | 50/77 | |||
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |||
| 1st pts | 42/50 | 42/50 | |||
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 12/27 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |||
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |||
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |||
| Saved % | 80% | 27% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |||
Head 2 Head
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- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (2-6 7-67 6-4) – See score progression
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- Liam BroadyBroady – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
