Max Purcell and Juncheng Shang will play each other in the quarter of the Atlanta Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.74
Juncheng Shang -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Juncheng Shang
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
19 - 20win/loss
103
40
LWLWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, Purcell reached the quarter after defeating Christopher O Connell 4-6 7-5 6-2 and David Goffin 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-3 6-3). During the match, Purcell scored 55 points vs Goffin’s 39. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell scored 8 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Goffin 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Purcell has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (281-206). 8-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has a compiled 203-138 match record in the last years on hard.
Max’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Eastbourne.
Purcell has a compiled 19-19 win-loss record in 2024, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Juncheng Shang
29 - 16win/loss
51
47
LLWWLLWLWW | 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. 89 (career-high), Juncheng reached the quarter after defeating Liam Broady 3-6 6-1 6-3, Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-2, Andres Martin 6-1 6-1 and Ben Shelton 7-6(6) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shang had a good straight sets win against Shelton (7-66 6-4). During the match Shang scored 69 points vs Shelton’s 62. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Shang managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Juncheng Shang was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Juncheng broke Shelton twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shang started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Juncheng’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong and the Bordeaux Challenger.
Shang has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 80 |
| Pts | 149-117 | 260-195 |
| Total Points | 266 | 455 |
| Winners | 64 | 98 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Purcell played 2 matches while Shang competed in 4 matches. Shang started his run from the qualifications while Purcell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell conceded 1 set, while Juncheng Shang surrendered 1 set. Purcell has played 4 set(s) less than Shang (5 vs 9). Therefore, Purcell played 32 games less than Shang. The Australian scored 64 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Shang recorded 98 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 77/128 | 127/226 |
| %1st in | 60% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 64/77 | 98/127 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 32/51 | 60/99 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 61% |
Purcell managed to score 25 aces (12.5 per match). Shang scored 23 aces (5.8 per match). Purcell won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% 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 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 16 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 16/25 |
| % Converted | 60% | 64% |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Purcell broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Purcell lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Juncheng broke his opponents 16 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 O |
R2 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 94-78 | 55-39 | 149-117 | |
| Total points | 172 | 94 | 266 | |
| Winners | 40 | 24 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 29/47 | 77/128 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/48 | 24/29 | 64/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 12/18 | 32/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/3 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shang | ||||||
| Q1 Broady |
Q3 Wolf |
R1 Martin |
R2 Shelton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 80 | |
| pts | 79-62 | 58-47 | 54-24 | 69-62 | 260-195 | |
| Total points | 141 | 105 | 78 | 131 | 455 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 45% | 44% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/65 | 33/53 | 28/43 | 36/65 | 127/226 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 62% | 65% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 26/33 | 24/28 | 26/36 | 98/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 86% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 12/20 | 7/15 | 21/29 | 60/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 60% | 47% | 72% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 2/4 | 16/25 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 56% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 73% | – | 100% | 0% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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