Tommy Paul and Arthur Fils will face off in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.5
Arthur Fils -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Arthur Fils

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul

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Rank
13
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-10 10-6 7-3 4-0 7-1 0-0
2023 46-29 29-13 5-6 3-5 9-5 0-0
2022 39-27 21-12 2-6 9-5 7-4 0-0
2021 33-23 12-12 9-7 12-4 0-0 0-0
2020 21-14 12-6 5-4 4-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 12 (career-high), Paul reached the 3rd round after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-0.

In the 2nd round, Tommy had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-3 6-0). During the match, Paul scored 59 points vs Ofner’s 35. The American was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.

Talking about the service games, Paul managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tommy Paul was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (16/18) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Paul broke Ofner 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Paul has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (345-201). 26-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has an aggregate172-99 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Paul’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Acapulco,the Aix En Provence Challenger and Eastbourne.

The American has an overall 41-25 win-loss record in 2023, 26-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Paul has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Paul's Record

Arthur Fils

Arthur Fils

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Rank
34
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-16 8-5 9-9 0-0 3-2 0-0
2023 43-24 5-4 13-8 21-10 4-2 0-0
2022 43-28 0-1 23-15 20-12 0-0 0-0
2021 33-26 3-2 29-17 1-7 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 44 (career-high), Fils reached the 3rd round after beating Pavel Kotov 6-1 6-4 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Fils had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-2 7-5). During the match Fils scored 65 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 55. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Fils fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Fils lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fils put 58% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Davidovich Fokina 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Arthur hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4) and in Lyon where he overcame Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 7-5.

Arthur has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shanghai
Fils's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Paul
A.Fils
1h:10
1h:10
Time on court​
!
2h:39
2h:39
1h:10
1h:10
Last match​
1h:22
1h:22
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
15
15
Games Played​
37
37
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
59
59
Total points​
126
126
59
59
Avg point​
63
63
16
16
Winners
53
53
16
16
Avg Winners​
26.5
26.5
27%
27%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
12
12
4
4
Avg Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
8
8
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4
4
16/18
16/18
1st won total​
53/64
53/64
!
89%
89%
1st won %
!
83%
83%
12/17
12/17
2nd won total​
21/46
21/46
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
BP won
8/16
8/16
5/6
5/6
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
!
83%
83%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
3
3
0
0
Avg Conceded
1.5
1.5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Paul Fils
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 15 37
Pts 59-35 126-102
Total Points 94 228
Winners 16 53
%Winners 27% 42%

Paul played 1 match while Fils competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Paul has played 2 set(s) less than Fils (2 vs 4). Therefore, Paul played 22 games less than Fils. The American scored 16 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur blasted 53 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Paul Fils
Aces 4 12
Avg per match 4 6
1st in 18/35 64/110
%1st in 51% 58%
1st pts 16/18 53/64
%1st pts 89% 83%
2nd pts 12/17 21/46
%2nd pts 71% 46%

Paul recorded 4 aces . Fils fired 12 aces (6 per match). Paul won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Paul Fils
Won 5 8
Converted 5/6 8/16
% Converted 83% 50%
Conceded 0 3
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 33%
Times Broken 0 2

Tommy broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Fils broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
R2
Ofner		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 59-35 59-35
Total points 94 94
Winners 16 16
%Winners 27% 27%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 18/35 18/35
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 16/18 16/18
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 12/17 12/17
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/6 5/6
Converted % 83% 83%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Fils
R1
Kotov		 R2
Davidovich Fokina		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 20 37
pts 61-47 65-55 126-102
Total points 108 120 228
Winners 26 27 53
%Winners 43% 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 12
Double Faults 5 3 8
1st in 32/55 32/55 64/110
% 1st in 58% 58% 58%
1st pts 26/32 27/32 53/64
% 1st pts 81% 84% 83%
2nd pts 10/23 11/23 21/46
% 2nd pts 43% 48% 46%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/10 4/6 8/16
Converted % 40% 67% 50%
Conceded 1 2 3
Saved 0/1 1/2 1
Saved % 0% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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