Alexander Bublik and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.63
Juncheng Shang -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20 (career-high), Alexander will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Humbert in the final on the 2nd of March.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Montpellier where he beat Borna Coric in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 339-243 record. He has a positive 131-98 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-24 | 25-10 | 8-7 | 2-3 | 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. 139 (career-high), the Chinese reached the 2nd round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6 7-612 6-3, Facundo Bagnis 6-2 7-5 and Jordan Thompson 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Juncheng had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-2 6-3). During the match Shang scored 71 points vs Thompson’s 57. Juncheng was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Shang scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. Shang broke Thompson 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong.
Juncheng has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Patrick KypsonKypson – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Max PurcellPurcell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Denis KudlaKudla (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Pedro CachinCachin (6-77 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 1-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jack DraperDraper (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-1 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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