Frances Tiafoe and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.29
Juncheng Shang -> 3.62
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Juncheng Shang
This will be the 3rd time that Frances Tiafoe and Juncheng Shang square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Tiafoe won 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in Washington back in 2023.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-22 | 20-11 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, the American got to the quarter after beating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-3 7-64). During the match, Tiafoe scored 75 points vs Kecmanovic’s 64. Tiafoe was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe fired 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Frances Tiafoe was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francis broke Kecmanovic once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Tiafoe has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (322-223). 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has an overall 158-106 match record in the last years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hong Kong
Francis has never competed in this tournament before.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-19 | 24-8 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 183, Shang reached the quarter after beating Laslo Djere 6-75 6-3 7-68 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-75 7-62 7-62.
In the 2nd round against Van De Zandschulp, Shang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-62 7-62). During the match Shang scored 123 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 122. Shang was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about serving, Shang fired 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Juncheng Shang was quite effective on serve to win 73% (51/70) of his 1st serve and 53% (31/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Chinese broke Van De Zandschulp 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Juncheng has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 74 |
| Pts | 75-64 | 240-223 |
| Total Points | 139 | 463 |
| Winners | 37 | 103 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Shang competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Juncheng Shang lost 2 sets while Frances Tiafoe hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tiafoe has played 4 set(s) less than Shang (2 vs 6). Therefore, Tiafoe played 52 games less than Shang. Francis scored 37 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Shang scored 103 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 134/225 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/42 | 103/134 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 50/91 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 55% |
Tiafoe managed to score 8 aces . Shang fired 6 aces (3 per match). Tiafoe won 88% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 7 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 33% | 39% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Tiafoe broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Tiafoe pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Shang broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Juncheng conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Kecmanovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-64 | 75-64 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/69 | 42/69 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/42 | 37/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shang | ||||
| R1 Djere | R2 Van De Zandschulp | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 7-68 | 6-75 7-62 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 39 | 74 | |
| pts | 117-101 | 123-122 | 240-223 | |
| Total points | 218 | 245 | 463 | |
| Winners | 52 | 51 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 70/129 | 134/225 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 54% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 52/64 | 51/70 | 103/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 73% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 31/59 | 50/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Hong Kong
- Julian Cash/Robert GallowayCash/Robert Galloway – Mackenzie McDonald/Botic van de ZandschulpMcDonald/Botic van de Zandschulp (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Pedro Cachin/Francisco CerundoloCachin/Francisco Cerundolo (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-2) – H2H and prediction