Tommy Paul and Alejandro Tabilo will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 9:00 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 Tommy Paul who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.26
Alejandro Tabilo -> 3.85

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Alejandro Tabilo

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Alejandro Tabilo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Paul won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in London back in June 2024.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs Alejandro Tabilo – London 20-June-2024

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul

40 - 16win/loss

Hard
16-10
I Hard
4-0
Clay
10-4
Grass
10-2
Rank
13
High
12
WLWLWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-16 16-10 10-4 4-0 10-2 0-0
2023 46-29 29-13 5-6 3-5 9-5 0-0
2022 39-27 21-12 2-6 9-5 7-4 0-0
2021 33-23 12-12 9-7 12-4 0-0 0-0
2020 21-14 12-6 5-4 4-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 13, Tommy got to the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Tommy had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-1 6-3). During the match, Paul scored 59 points vs Fognini’s 33. Tommy was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Paul scored 7 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Tommy Paul was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Paul was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fognini 4 times.

Paul has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (390-221). 16-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has a composed 191-111 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Dallas where he beat Marcos Giron in the final 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 and in London where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-1 7-6(8).

Tommy has an overall 40-16 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Paul's Record

Alejandro Tabilo

Alejandro Tabilo

35 - 23win/loss

Hard
13-7
I Hard
0-4
Clay
15-10
Grass
7-2
Rank
23
High
19
WLLLLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-23 13-7 15-10 0-4 7-2 0-0
2023 52-26 13-5 39-19 0-1 0-1 0-0
2022 33-22 7-6 23-11 0-1 3-4 0-0
2021 38-30 13-9 22-15 1-3 2-3 0-0
2020 19-11 5-2 11-6 3-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 23, Alejandro got to the 3rd round after defeating Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-3 6-2). During the match Tabilo scored 63 points vs Rinderknech’s 44. Alejandro was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Tabilo recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alejandro Tabilo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alejandro broke Rinderknech 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Auckland where he overcame Taro Daniel in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Aix En Provence Challenger where he beat Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 6-3 6-2 and in Mallorca where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Chilean has a compiled 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Tabilo has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Tabilo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Paul
A.Tabilo
1h:00
1h:00
Time on court​
1h:16
1h:16
1h:00
1h:00
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
59
59
Total points​
63
63
59
59
Avg point​
63
63
20
20
Winners
20
20
20
20
Avg Winners​
20
20
34%
34%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
7
7
Avg Aces
3
3
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
20/26
20/26
1st won total​
20/25
20/25
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
13/16
13/16
2nd won total​
13/21
13/21
!
81%
81%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
4/4
4/4
BP won
4/12
4/12
4/4
4/4
Avg BP won
4/12
4/12
!
100%
100%
Won
33%
33%
0
0
Conceded
2
2
0
0
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Paul Tabilo
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 17
Pts 59-33 63-44
Total Points 92 107
Winners 20 20
%Winners 34% 32%

Both Paul and Tabilo played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paul and Tabilo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paul played 1 game less than Tabilo. Paul scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro blasted 20 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Paul Tabilo
Aces 7 3
Avg per match 7 3
1st in 26/42 25/46
%1st in 62% 54%
1st pts 20/26 20/25
%1st pts 77% 80%
2nd pts 13/16 13/21
%2nd pts 81% 62%

Paul scored 7 aces . Tabilo managed to score 3 aces . Paul won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Tabilo won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Paul Tabilo
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/12
% Converted 100% 33%
Conceded 0 2
Saved 0 1
% Saved 0% 50%
Times Broken 0 1

Tommy broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Tabilo broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Paul
R2
Fognini
Total
Score 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 59-33 59-33
Total points 92 92
Winners 20 20
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 26/42 26/42
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 20/26 20/26
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 13/16 13/16
% 2nd pts 81% 81%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Tabilo
R2
Rinderknech
Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-44 63-44
Total points 107 107
Winners 20 20
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 25/46 25/46
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 20/25 20/25
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 13/21 13/21
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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