Grigor Dimitrov and Zizou Bergs will face off in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.24
Zizou Bergs -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Zizou Bergs

This will be the 2^nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Zizou Bergs square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 in the 3^rd round in at the French Open back in June 2024.

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 10,he will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he beat 7-6(4) 7-6(2) to Tabilo in the round robin on the 20^th of September.

Grigor has an overall 38-14 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Grigor has an overall 600-356 record. He has a positive 265-153 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Zizou Bergs

Ranked no. 73, the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 6-3). During the match Bergs scored 63 points vs Zhang’s 52. Zizou was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Bergs struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zizou broke Zhang 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he defeated Mitchell Krueger in the final 6-4 7-6(9).

Bergs has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Mattia Bellucci
  Bellucci (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6⁷ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jakub MensikMensik – Andrey RublevRublev (6-7⁷ 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-6³ 7-6⁹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
  Antoni Munar Clar (7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Juncheng ShangShang (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-7² 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Arthur FilsFils (7-6⁴ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-6 7-6³ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction