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

Alexander Bublik

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Rank
11
High
11
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-24 12-11 23-6 8-6 5-1 0-0
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

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.

Indian Wells
Bublik's Record

Juncheng Shang

Juncheng Shang

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Rank
255
High
47
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-8 6-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 42-27 25-10 8-7 2-6 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.

Indian Wells
Shang's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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