Alexander Bublik and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the quarter of the Chengdu Open for the 3^rd 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 3^rd 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 1^st 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

Ranked no. 27, Bublik got to the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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)

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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

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