Dusan Lajovic and Fabian Marozsan will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fabian Marozsan who should win in 3 sets.
Fabian Marozsan -> 1.89
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Fabian Marozsan
There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Fabian Marozsan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dusan Lajovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-33 | 6-11 | 28-18 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-23 | 3-7 | 13-11 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 9-9 | 18-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-30 | 4-11 | 24-15 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-28 | 8-10 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 55, Lajovic reached the 3rd round after beating Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-67 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-4 3-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Griekspoor, the Serbian had a free pass after Griekspoor retired on a 6-4 3-2 . scoreline.
Lajovic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (284-275). 9-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lajovic has an aggregate 87-92 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Banja Luka where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 4-6 6-4.
Dusan has an aggregate 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Fabian Marozsan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-26 | 13-12 | 9-6 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 15-11 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-27 | 7-5 | 32-13 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-19 | 10-3 | 29-12 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-21 | 4-2 | 33-16 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, the Hungarian got to the 3rd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 7-66 6-2 and Alex De Minaur 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Fabian had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (6-3 7-5). During the match Marozsan scored 71 points vs De Minaur’s 56. Marozsan was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Marozsan scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Fabian Marozsan was very effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fabian broke De Minaur 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marozsan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Antalya Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-0 and the Perugia Challenger where he beat Edoardo Lavagno in the final 6-2 6-3.
Marozsan has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lajovic | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 42 |
| Pts | 130-111 | 138-113 |
| Total Points | 241 | 251 |
| Winners | 58 | 68 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Lajovic and Marozsan played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Lajovic has played 1 set more than Marozsan (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Lajovic played 4 games less than Marozsan. Lajovic scored 58 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marozsan scored 68 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lajovic | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 76/110 | 87/126 |
| %1st in | 69% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 68/87 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 23/39 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 59% |
Lajovic bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Marozsan made 6 aces (3 per match). Lajovic won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Marozsan won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lajovic | Marozsan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 46% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Lajovic broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dusan dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Fabian broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lajovic | ||||
| R1 Wawrinka | R2 Griekspoor | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | 6-4 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 | 38 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 53-41 | 130-111 | |
| Total points | 147 | 94 | 241 | |
| Winners | 36 | 22 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/72 | 26/38 | 76/110 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 22/26 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 7/12 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/5 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Marozsan | ||||
| R1 Rinderknech | R2 De Minaur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 71-56 | 138-113 | |
| Total points | 124 | 127 | 251 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 46% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 45/65 | 87/126 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/42 | 33/45 | 68/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 12/20 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-62 6-76 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-6(2) 6-7(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction