Cristian Garin and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
Cristian Garin -> 1.72
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Cristian Garin and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Christian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 6-0 to Lloyd in the qualifications on the 27th of September.
The Chilean has an aggregate 35-22 win-loss record in 2023, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Garin’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Garin has an overall 383-251 record. He has a positive 64-59 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 13-14 | 4-7 | 16-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-35 | 20-17 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, the American got to the 1st round after beating Alexey Zakharov 6-78 7-5 7-66 and Li Tu 6-2 6-78 7-5.
In the qualifications, Aleksandar defeated Tu (6-2 6-78 7-5). During the match Kovacevic scored 115 points vs Tu’s 96. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (42/57) of his 1st serve and 74% (28/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic broke Tu 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic 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.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
Kovacevic has a compiled 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Li TuTu (6-2 6-78 7-5) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Arthur WeberWeber (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-73 6-6 def.) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Dominik PalanPalan (7-66 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – James McCabeMcCabe (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Steven DiezDiez (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Benjamin LockLock (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Luke SavilleSaville (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Fajing SunSun (6-71 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Steven DiezDiez (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Arthur WeberWeber (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Dominik PalanPalan (7-6(6) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Fajing SunSun (6-7(1) 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-1) – H2H and prediction