Sebastian Ofner and Juan Pablo Varillas will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.45
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Juan Pablo Varillas

This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Juan Pablo Varillas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pablo Patino-Samudio (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Pablo Patino-Samudio won 6-7(10) 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2021.

Sebastian Ofner

Sebastian Ofner

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Rank
134
High
37
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-19 0-5 16-10 0-1 4-3 0-0
2024 19-25 6-8 8-13 1-0 4-4 0-0
2023 60-31 12-10 37-13 7-6 4-2 0-0
2022 28-18 4-4 21-12 0-0 3-2 0-0
2021 23-24 4-6 4-8 7-6 8-4 0-0

Ranked no. 58, Ofner will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Nur Sultan where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Mannarino in the semifinal on the 2nd of October.

Sebastian has a composed 55-26 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Salzburg Challenger where he overcame Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-3 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, The Austrian has an overall 292-208 record. He has a positive 87-54 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Ofner's Record

Juan Pablo Varillas

Juan Pablo Varillas

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Rank
327
High
60
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-19 0-1 29-18 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 27-31 0-5 27-25 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 29-29 4-7 23-17 2-4 0-1 0-0
2022 53-27 2-3 51-23 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 51-23 0-2 51-20 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 67, Pablo Patino-Samudio will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Nur Sultan where he lost 6-3 7-6(8) to Thiem in the 1st round on the 28th of September.

Juan has an aggregate 25-24 win-loss record in 2023, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Juan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Sanremo Challenger.

In terms of his career, Juan has an overall 387-247 record. He has a positive 36-35 record on hard.

Shanghai
Pablo Patino-Samudio's Record

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