Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Korda will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.68
Sebastian Korda -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Sebastian Korda

This will be the 3^rd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Korda clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hurkacz and Korda (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Korda won 3-6 6-3 6-2 1-6 7-6(7) in the 4^th round in at the Australian Open back in January 2023.

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs Hubert Hurkacz – Australian Open 22-January-2023

Hubert Hurkacz

Ranked no. 17, Hurkacz got to the semifinal after beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6⁵ 6-4, Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 6-4, Zhizhen Zhang 7-6⁶ 4-6 7-6⁴ and Fabian Marozsan 4-6 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter against Marozsan, The Pole recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Hurkacz scored 88 points vs Marozsan’s 68. Hubert was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hurkacz made 18 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Hubert Hurkacz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hurkacz put 68% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Hurkacz broke Marozsan 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Pole has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (344-210). 21-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hurkacz has an aggregate 167-79 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Hurkacz has a compiled 37-20 win-loss record in 2023, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Sebastian Korda

Ranked no. 26, Sebastian reached the semifinal after beating Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-4, Daniil Medvedev 7-6⁸ 6-2, Francisco Cerundolo 7-5 7-6⁶ and Ben Shelton 6-7¹⁰ 6-2 7-6⁶.

In the quarter against Shelton, Korda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹⁰ 6-2 7-6⁶). During the match Korda scored 118 points vs Shelton’s 106. Korda was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Korda bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Korda lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (26/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Shelton 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Korda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Sebastian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide and Astana.

Sebastian has a compiled 26-13 win-loss record in 2023, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hurkacz	Korda
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	9
Tot Games	105	97
Pts	343-295	323-278
Total Points	638	601
Winners	174	150
%Winners	51%	46%

Both Hurkacz and Korda played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hubert Hurkacz dropped 2 sets, while Sebastian Korda conceded 1 set. Hurkacz has played 1 set more than Korda (10 vs 9). Therefore, Hurkacz played 8 games more than Korda. The Pole scored 174 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Korda made 150 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hurkacz	Korda
Aces	63	25
Avg per match	15.8	6.3
1st in	211/300	203/307
%1st in	70%	66%
1st pts	174/211	150/203
%1st pts	82%	74%
2nd pts	45/89	66/104
%2nd pts	51%	63%

Hurkacz blasted 63 aces (15.8 per match). Korda scored 25 aces (6.3 per match). Hurkacz won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Korda won 74% 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	Hurkacz	Korda
Won	10	12
Converted	10/21	12/27
% Converted	48%	44%
Conceded	15	12
Saved	10	8
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	5	4

The Pole broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Hurkacz
	R2 Kokkinakis	R3 Hsiou	R4 Zhang	1/4 Marozsan	Total
Score	7-65 6-4	6-4 6-4	7-66 4-6 7-64	4-6 6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	10
Tot Games	23	20	36	26	105
pts	69-65	73-63	113-99	88-68	343-295
Total points	134	136	212	156	638
Winners	42	33	58	41	174
%Winners	61%	45%	51%	47%	51%
SERVE
Aces	17	12	16	18	63
Double Faults	1	0	0	1	2
1st in	49/70	46/62	66/94	50/74	211/300
% 1st in	70%	74%	70%	68%	70%
1st pts	42/49	33/46	58/66	41/50	174/211
% 1st pts	86%	72%	88%	82%	82%
2nd pts	11/21	10/16	14/28	10/24	45/89
% 2nd pts	52%	63%	50%	42%	51%
Breaks
Won	1	2	2	5	10
Converted	1/1	2/5	2/4	5/11	10/21
Converted %	100%	40%	50%	45%	48%
Conceded	1	4	6	4	15
Saved	1/1	4/4	3/6	2/4	10
Saved %	100%	100%	50%	50%	75%
Times Broken	0	0	3	2	5

Korda
	R2 Yunchaokete	R3 Medvedev	R4 Cerundolo	1/4 Shelton	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	7-68 6-2	7-5 7-66	6-710 6-2 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	17	21	25	34	97
pts	60-45	69-61	76-66	118-106	323-278
Total points	105	130	142	224	601
Winners	28	38	40	44	150
%Winners	47%	55%	53%	37%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	7	5	25
Double Faults	2	0	0	2	4
1st in	35/58	53/70	49/74	66/105	203/307
% 1st in	60%	76%	66%	63%	66%
1st pts	28/35	38/53	40/49	44/66	150/203
% 1st pts	80%	72%	82%	67%	74%
2nd pts	12/23	13/17	15/25	26/39	66/104
% 2nd pts	52%	76%	60%	67%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	2	2	5	12
Converted	3/6	2/3	2/2	5/16	12/27
Converted %	50%	67%	100%	31%	44%
Conceded	0	1	4	7	12
Saved	0/0	1/1	3/4	4/7	8
Saved %	–	100%	75%	57%	58%
Times Broken	0	0	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Rinky Hijikata/Cameron NorrieHijikata/Cameron Norrie (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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