Juncheng Shang and Lorenzo Giustino will square off in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.153
Lorenzo Giustino -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Lorenzo Giustino
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Lorenzo Giustino 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 | 42-24 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-3 | 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. 178, Juncheng got to the quarter after defeating Robert Strombachs 6-4 7-64 and Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Juncheng had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shang scored 63 points vs Sweeny’s 49. Shang was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shang fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juncheng Shang was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shang broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Shang has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 65% of his matches (87-46). 19-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shang has an aggregate42-20 record in the last 3 years on hard.
Shang’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.
Juncheng has an overall 29-17 win-loss record in 2023, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Juncheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Giustino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-31 | 3-4 | 46-22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 6-7 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296, Giustino got to the quarter after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-1 6-2 and Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (6-1 6-4). During the match Giustino scored 68 points vs Yunchaokete’s 52. Lorenzo was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Giustino blasted 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Giustino broke Yunchaokete 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Francavilla Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 25-29 win-loss record in 2023, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shang | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 32 |
| Pts | 145-120 | 127-83 |
| Total Points | 265 | 210 |
| Winners | 55 | 51 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Shang and Giustino played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shang and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shang played 10 games more than Giustino. Shang scored 55 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Giustino struck 51 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shang | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 68/118 | 67/110 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/68 | 51/67 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 33/50 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 53% |
Shang made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Giustino blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Shang won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shang | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 62% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Juncheng broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Chinese dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Giustino broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Lorenzo conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shang | ||||
| R1 Strombachs |
R2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 63-49 | 145-120 | |
| Total points | 153 | 112 | 265 | |
| Winners | 38 | 17 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 27% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 19/45 | 68/118 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 42% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 17/19 | 55/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 89% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 16/26 | 33/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 62% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 4/9 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 44% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Giustino | ||||
| R1 Moriya |
R2 Yunchaokete |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 59-31 | 68-52 | 127-83 | |
| Total points | 90 | 120 | 210 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 37/63 | 67/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 29/37 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 13/26 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/7 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 43% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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