Grigor Dimitrov and Aleksandar Vukic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.26
Aleksandar Vukic -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Aleksandar Vukic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in London back in June 2023.
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-7 | 14-3 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, the Bulgarian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-2 to Sinner in the quarter on the 2nd of October.
Grigor has an overall 33-18 win-loss record in 2023, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Dimitrov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Geneva.
Talking about his overall career, Dimitrov has an overall 552-339 record. He has a positive 242-146 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 5-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 54, Aleksandar reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-4 7-67). During the match Vukic scored 83 points vs Carballes Baena’s 72. Aleksandar was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Vukic made 9 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vukic broke Carballes Baena twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Busan Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-4 1-0 ret..
Vukic has a composed 48-30 win-loss record in 2023, 34-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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