Francisco Cerundolo and Marton Fucsovics will square off in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.71
Marton Fucsovics -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Marton Fucsovics

There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Marton Fucsovics since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 21, the Argentine reached the 3^rd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-6⁴ 7-6⁵.

In the 2^nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵).During the match, Cerundolo scored less points (4) than Mcdonald. In fact, the world no. 21 won 89 points vs Mcdonald’s. That means that Cerundolo was more focused during the important points. Cerundolo was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cerundolo made 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Mcdonald twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 68% of his matches (275-132). 9-8 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cerundolo has an aggregate27-21 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Eastbourne where he beat Tommy Paul in the final 6-4 1-6 6-4.

Cerundolo has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

Marton Fucsovics

Ranked no. 57, Marton reached the 3^rd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-2 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6³ 4-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Fucsovics defeated Auger-Aliassime (7-6³ 4-6 6-3). During the match Fucsovics scored 116 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 111. Marton was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Fucsovics struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marton Fucsovics lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Fucsovics put 52% of his first serves in, winning 62% (43/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (38/64) on the 2nd serve. Fucsovics broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fucsovics has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 6-4.

Fucsovics has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Fucsovics
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	26	50
Pts	89-93	172-156
Total Points	182	328
Winners	42	66
%Winners	47%	38%

Cerundolo played 1 match while Fucsovics competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Marton Fucsovics lost 1 set while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 3 set(s) less than Fucsovics (2 vs 5). Therefore, Cerundolo played 24 games less than Fucsovics. Francisco scored 42 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian scored 66 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Fucsovics
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	55/91	101/187
%1st in	60%	54%
1st pts	42/55	66/101
%1st pts	76%	65%
2nd pts	15/36	54/86
%2nd pts	42%	63%

Cerundolo fired 3 aces . Fucsovics fired 6 aces (3 per match). Cerundolo won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Fucsovics won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Fucsovics
Won	2	6
Converted	2/10	6/9
% Converted	20%	67%
Conceded	3	14
Saved	1	11
% Saved	33%	79%
Times Broken	2	3

Cerundolo broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Francisco surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R2 Mcdonald	Total
Score	7-64 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	89-93	89-93
Total points	182	182
Winners	42	42
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	55/91	55/91
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	42/55	42/55
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	15/36	15/36
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/10	2/10
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Fucsovics
	R1 Yevseyev	R2 Auger-Aliassime	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-63 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	32	50
pts	56-45	116-111	172-156
Total points	101	227	328
Winners	23	43	66
%Winners	41%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	5	6
Double Faults	1	5	6
1st in	32/54	69/133	101/187
% 1st in	59%	52%	54%
1st pts	23/32	43/69	66/101
% 1st pts	72%	62%	65%
2nd pts	16/22	38/64	54/86
% 2nd pts	73%	59%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/5	3/4	6/9
Converted %	60%	75%	67%
Conceded	2	12	14
Saved	2/2	9/12	11
Saved %	100%	75%	175%
Times Broken	0	3	3

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
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-5 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
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – 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
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-5) – 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
• 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