Alexei Popyrin and Miomir Kecmanovic will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.66
Miomir Kecmanovic -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic

This will be the 5^th time that Alexei Popyrin and Miomir Kecmanovic play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kecmanovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Popyrin won 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1^st round in Indian wells back in 2021.

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin

27 - 19win/loss

Hard

16-7

I Hard

2-1

Clay

4-8

Grass

5-3

Rank
24

High
23

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	30-22	17-8	4-8	4-3	5-3	0-0
2023	36-29	18-14	15-6	1-4	2-5	0-0
2022	24-31	7-16	7-4	3-5	7-6	0-0
2021	32-26	13-11	8-6	10-5	1-4	0-0
2020	14-16	3-4	5-5	4-6	0-0	2-1

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Ranked no. 24, the Australian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5 to Machac in the 1^st round on the 26^th of September.

Popyrin has an aggregate 27-19 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Montreal where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Alexei has an overall 270-210 record. He has a positive 135-98 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai

Popyrin's Record

Miomir Kecmanovic

Miomir Kecmanovic

21 - 25win/loss

Hard

10-14

I Hard

1-0

Clay

6-7

Grass

4-4

Rank
53

High
27

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	26-31	10-15	6-7	6-5	4-4	0-0
2023	28-31	11-13	9-9	6-5	2-4	0-0
2022	40-26	21-11	15-8	2-4	2-3	0-0
2021	17-27	6-11	5-8	5-6	1-2	0-0
2020	18-13	7-6	5-2	6-5	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 55, Kecmanovic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Miomir had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-2 6-2). During the match Kecmanovic scored 63 points vs Hijikata’s 42. Kecmanovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Kecmanovic fired 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Miomir Kecmanovic was very effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Hijikata 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Kecmanovic has an aggregate 21-25 win-loss record in 2024, 10-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2019 and 2023. See his history.

Shanghai

Kecmanovic's Record

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 2Chall
• 1Minor

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 2Chall
• 3Minor

Alexei
Popyrin

2:3

Miomir
Kecmanovic

Rank

24

High

23

2Hard2

0Clay1

Rank

53

High

27

Win Loss

Popyrin

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Kecmanovic

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2024 2023 2022

28 - 21

25 - 30

17-8

Hard

10-15

2-2

I Hard

5-5

4-8

Clay

6-6

5-3

Grass

4-4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Marcos GironGiron – Li TuTu (6-1 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁰ 6-4) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Pavel KotovKotov (6-7⁶ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-6⁹ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-7⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-6² 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-6⁵ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-5 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Luca NardiNardi (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (0-1) – 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
• Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction

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