Alexander Bublik and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the quarter of the Chengdu Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:30 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 -> 1.58
Alexander Bublik -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Juncheng Shang
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Bublik and Juncheng Shang face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Bublik and Shang (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shang won 6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in August 2024.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs Alexander Bublik – U.S. Open 26-August-2024
Alexander Bublik
24 - 20win/loss
33
17
LWLLLLWLLL | 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. 27, Bublik got to the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bublik scored 71 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 63. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bublik bagged 8 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Bublik broke Agustin Gomez 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Bublik has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (332-248). 10-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bublik has an aggregate 131-101 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Montpellier where he overcame Borna Coric in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Alexander has a composed 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 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. 67, Juncheng got to the quarter after defeating Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 and Roman Safiullin 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Safiullin, Shang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match Shang scored 91 points vs Safiullin’s 87. Juncheng was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Shang scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Safiullin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Juncheng’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong,the Bordeaux Challenger and Atlanta.
Shang has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 21-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 50 |
| Pts | 71-63 | 163-150 |
| Total Points | 134 | 313 |
| Winners | 32 | 81 |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% |
Bublik played 1 match while Shang competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Juncheng Shang conceded 1 set while Alexander Bublik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bublik has played 3 set(s) less than Shang (2 vs 5). Therefore, Bublik played 30 games less than Shang. The Kazakhstani scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Juncheng managed to score 81 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 112/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 81/112 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 46% |
Bublik scored 8 aces . Shang made 12 aces (6 per match). Bublik won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bublik | Shang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 18 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 80% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bublik lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juncheng conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bublik | |||
| R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-63 | 71-63 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 41/65 | 41/65 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Shang | ||||
| R1 Nishikori |
R2 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 91-87 | 163-150 | |
| Total points | 135 | 178 | 313 | |
| Winners | 33 | 48 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 53% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 70/98 | 112/169 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 71% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 48/70 | 81/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/28 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/8 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 6/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 67% | 156% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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