Yosuke Watanuki and Juncheng Shang will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.666
Juncheng Shang -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
This will be the 3rd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Juncheng Shang fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Watanuki and Shang (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Watanuki won 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2023.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 77 (career-high), the Japanese will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to O in the final on the 10th of September.
Watanuki has an aggregate 35-18 win-loss record in 2023, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Watanuki’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Shanghai Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Yousuke has an overall 211-131 record. He has a positive 125-70 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-8 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-6 | 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. 160, the Chinese will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 5-7 7-5 6-1 to Nishioka in the 1st round on the 29th of September.
Juncheng has a composed 31-21 win-loss record in 2023, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Juncheng’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger and the Shanghai Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Chinese has an overall 89-50 record. He has a positive 44-24 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Dane SweenyDane – Taro DanielTaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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