Jason Murray Kubler and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the quarter of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jason Murray Kubler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jason Murray Kubler is the pick to win this match.
Jason Murray Kubler -> 1.59
Juncheng Shang -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Jason Murray Kubler vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Jason Murray Kubler and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jason Murray Kubler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-19 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-22 | 17-10 | 20-5 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-15 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Murray Kubler got to the quarter after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-3 6-73 6-3 and Mattia Bellucci 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Bellucci, Jason recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Murray Kubler scored 94 points vs Bellucci’s 85. Murray Kubler was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Murray Kubler made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jason Murray Kubler was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jason broke Bellucci twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jason has lost 4 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Murray Kubler has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (285-145). 4-2 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Murray Kubler has an aggregate 24-13 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Jason has an overall 20-14 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
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. 162 (career-high), Shang reached the quarter after beating Stuart Parker 6-75 6-3 6-4, Oleksii Krutykh 6-1 6-4, Emilio Gomez 6-3 7-62 and David Goffin 6-1 6-71 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Juncheng defeated Goffin (6-1 6-71 6-4). During the match Shang scored 98 points vs Goffin’s 89. Shang was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Shang scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 64% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Shang broke Goffin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shang started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Juncheng has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray Kubler | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 101 |
| Pts | 189-166 | 335-281 |
| Total Points | 355 | 616 |
| Winners | 84 | 168 |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% |
Murray Kubler played 2 matches while Shang competed in 4 matches. Shang started his run from the qualifications while Murray Kubler had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jason Murray Kubler conceded 2 sets, while Juncheng Shang surrendered 2 sets. Murray Kubler has played 4 set(s) less than Shang (6 vs 10). Therefore, Murray Kubler played 41 games less than Shang. The Australian scored 84 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Juncheng bagged 168 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray Kubler | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 110/185 | 218/310 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 84/110 | 168/218 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 45/75 | 51/92 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Murray Kubler made 20 aces (10 per match). Shang recorded 20 aces (5 per match). Murray Kubler won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray Kubler | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 83% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Murray Kubler broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Jason lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Shang broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Juncheng conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray Kubler | ||||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R1 Ritschard |
R2 Bellucci |
R2 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-73 6-3 | 6-3 6-73 6-3 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 120 | |
| pts | 95-81 | 95-81 | 94-85 | 94-85 | 378-332 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | 179 | 179 | 710 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | 38 | 38 | 168 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | 40% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 60/92 | 60/92 | 50/93 | 50/93 | 220/370 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 54% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | 38/50 | 38/50 | 168/220 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | 76% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | 26/43 | 26/43 | 90/150 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 10/30 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | 25% | 25% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 6/7 | 6/7 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | 86% | 86% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Shang | ||||||
| Q1 Parker |
Q3 Krutykh |
R1 Gomez |
R2 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 7-62 | 6-1 6-71 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 101 | |
| pts | 99-90 | 62-41 | 76-61 | 98-89 | 335-281 | |
| Total points | 189 | 103 | 137 | 187 | 616 | |
| Winners | 51 | 29 | 37 | 51 | 168 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 47% | 49% | 52% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 70/96 | 34/48 | 50/66 | 64/100 | 218/310 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 71% | 76% | 64% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 51/70 | 29/34 | 37/50 | 51/64 | 168/218 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 85% | 74% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 8/14 | 12/16 | 14/36 | 51/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 57% | 75% | 39% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/8 | 2/7 | 4/10 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 38% | 29% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 67% | 67% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
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