Roman Safiullin and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.63
Roman Safiullin -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Juncheng Shang
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Juncheng Shang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shang won 0-6 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in the Lexington Challenger back in 2022.
Roman Safiullin
20 - 22win/loss
69
36
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 14-12 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 56, Roman reached the 2nd round after beating Fabio Fognini 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Fognini (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 96 points vs Fognini’s 82. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin blasted 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was very effective on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Russian broke Fognini 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (340-197). 13-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has an overall 187-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cary Challenger where he defeated Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.
Roman has an aggregate 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
Juncheng Shang
35 - 19win/loss
55
55
WWWWWLWWWW | 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. 67, Shang reached the 2nd round after defeating Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Juncheng had a good straight sets win against Nishikori (6-4 6-4). During the match Shang scored 72 points vs Nishikori’s 63. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Shang blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Nishikori 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Shang’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong,the Bordeaux Challenger and Atlanta.
Juncheng has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2024, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 |
| Pts | 96-82 | 72-63 |
| Total Points | 178 | 135 |
| Winners | 36 | 33 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Safiullin and Shang played 1 match. At the moment, Roman Safiullin surrendered 1 set while Juncheng Shang hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set more than Shang (3 vs 2). Therefore, Safiullin played 9 games more than Shang. Roman scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese fired 33 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5 |
| 1st in | 45/88 | 42/71 |
| %1st in | 51% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Safiullin scored 13 aces . Shang bagged 5 aces . Safiullin won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 36% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 40% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Roman broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Juncheng broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| R1 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 96-82 | 96-82 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/88 | 45/88 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 36/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Shang | |||
| R1 Nishikori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 42/71 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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