Ramkumar Ramanathan and Fajing Sun will play each other in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Fajing Sun who should win in 3 sets.
Fajing Sun -> 1.56
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Fajing Sun
There is no head to head record between Ramkumar Ramanathan and Fajing Sun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
20 - 20win/loss
334
111
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 19-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-21 | 25-12 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-34 | 4-13 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 23-11 | 8-7 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 8-18 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
Ranked no. 334, Ramkumar got to the qualifications after defeating Ugo Blanchet 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ramanathan defeated Blanchet (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match, Ramanathan scored 93 points vs Blanchet’s 86. The Indian was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramanathan struck 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Ramkumar Ramanathan was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ramanathan broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Ramanathan has positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (321-294). 19-18 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ramanathan has a composed 198-155 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Ramanathan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 New Delhi and M15 Chandigarh.
Ramkumar has an overall 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 19-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Fajing Sun
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-22 | 32-18 | 7-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-27 | 25-22 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 32-18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 352, the Chinese reached the qualifications after beating Borna Coric 6-7(5) 6-1 7-6(9).
In the qualifications against Coric, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-1 7-69). During the match Sun scored 114 points vs Coric’s 107. Fajing was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Sun managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Fajing Sun was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (55/75) of his 1st serve and 58% (30/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fajing broke Coric 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Fajing’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Luan,M25 Baotou,M25 Tianjin and M25 Yinchuan.
Fajing has a compiled 41-22 win-loss record in 2024, 32-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 33 |
| Pts | 93-86 | 114-107 |
| Total Points | 179 | 221 |
| Winners | 37 | 55 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Both Ramanathan and Sun played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ramkumar Ramanathan surrendered 1 set, while Fajing Sun conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ramanathan and Sun have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ramanathan played 3 games less than Sun. The Indian scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese blasted 55 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 75/127 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 55/75 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 30/52 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 58% |
Ramanathan fired 10 aces . Sun scored 9 aces . Ramanathan won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sun won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 33% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Indian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ramanathan dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Fajing broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sun conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| Q1 Blanchet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 93-86 | 93-86 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 49/87 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sun | |||
| Q1 Coric | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 114-107 | 114-107 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 75/127 | 75/127 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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