Carlos Alcaraz and Juncheng Shang will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.082
Juncheng Shang -> 7.8

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Juncheng Shang

This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Juncheng Shang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 6-1 6-1 1-0 ret. in the 3rd round in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Juncheng Shang – Australian Open 20-January-2024

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

48 - 9win/loss

Hard
19-4
I Hard
4-0
Clay
17-4
Grass
8-1
Rank
3
High
1
WLWLLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0
2020 39-7 10-0 29-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 2, Carlos will start his run in Shanghai after he won the title in Beijing after beating 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) Sinner in the final.

Alcaraz has an overall 48-9 win-loss record in 2024, 19-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Indian Wells where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 7-6(5) 6-1 and at the French Open where he defeated Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 and at the Wimbledon where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-2 7-6(4) and in Beijing where he beat Jannik Sinner in the final 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3).

Carlos won his last 9 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Alcaraz has an overall 281-72 record. He has a positive 94-24 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Alcaraz's Record

Juncheng Shang

Juncheng Shang

40 - 20win/loss

Hard
25-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-7
Grass
7-4
Rank
51
High
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. 51 (career-high), Juncheng got to the 2nd round after defeating Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Shang had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4). During the match Shang scored 70 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 56. Shang was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Shang bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Juncheng Shang was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Chinese broke Lam Coleman Wong 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Chengdu where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 7-6(4) 6-1.

Shang has a compiled 40-20 win-loss record in 2024, 25-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Shang's Record

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