Tomas Machac and Aleksandar Vukic will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.55
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Aleksandar Vukic

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Machac and Aleksandar Vukic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Machac won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Vienna back in 2023.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 33 (career-high), Machac reached the 3^rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Davidovich Fokina, Tomas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-6³ 6-4).During the match, Machac scored less points (7) than Davidovich Fokina. In fact, the world no. 33 won 84 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s. That means that Machac was more focused during the important points. Tomas was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Machac managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 49% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Tomas was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Davidovich Fokina 3 times.

Machac has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (251-127). 19-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has an aggregate69-32 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Machac’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Geneva.

Tomas has a compiled 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Aleksandar Vukic

Ranked no. 91, Aleksandar reached the 3^rd round after defeating Maxime Cressy 6-4 7-6(3), Mitchell Krueger 6-4 6-4, Corentin Moutet 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Casper Ruud 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ruud (6-4 6-4). During the match Vukic scored 61 points vs Ruud’s 50. Aleksandar was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Vukic blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic was very effective on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ruud twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vukic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and Eastbourne.

The Australian has a composed 28-33 win-loss record in 2024, 13-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Machac	Vukic
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	3	9
Tot Games	30	90
Pts	84-91	291-252
Total Points	175	543
Winners	32	128
%Winners	38%	44%

Machac played 1 match while Vukic competed in 4 matches. Vukic started his run from the qualifications while Machac had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac lost 1 set, while Aleksandar Vukic dropped 1 set. Machac has played 6 set(s) less than Vukic (3 vs 9). Therefore, Machac played 60 games less than Vukic. The Czech scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 128 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Machac	Vukic
Aces	10	33
Avg per match	10	8.3
1st in	45/91	164/261
%1st in	49%	63%
1st pts	32/45	128/164
%1st pts	71%	78%
2nd pts	22/46	64/97
%2nd pts	48%	66%

Machac managed to score 10 aces . Vukic blasted 33 aces (8.3 per match). Machac won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Machac	Vukic
Won	3	8
Converted	3/3	8/17
% Converted	100%	47%
Conceded	7	11
Saved	3	8
% Saved	43%	73%
Times Broken	4	3

Machac broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Vukic broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Vukic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Machac
	R2 Davidovich Fokina	Total
Score	1-6 7-63 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	84-91	84-91
Total points	175	175
Winners	32	32
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	45/91	45/91
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	32/45	32/45
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	22/46	22/46
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Vukic
	Q1 Cressy	Q3 Krueger	R1 Moutet	R2 Ruud	Total
Score	6-4 7-63	6-4 6-4	2-6 6-3 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	23	20	27	20	90
pts	71-66	70-56	89-80	61-50	291-252
Total points	137	126	169	111	543
Winners	33	29	32	34	128
%Winners	46%	41%	36%	56%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	13	6	7	33
Double Faults	1	0	1	3	5
1st in	41/68	37/53	46/85	40/55	164/261
% 1st in	60%	70%	54%	73%	63%
1st pts	33/41	29/37	32/46	34/40	128/164
% 1st pts	80%	78%	70%	85%	78%
2nd pts	19/27	12/16	24/39	9/15	64/97
% 2nd pts	70%	75%	62%	60%	66%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3	2	8
Converted	1/4	2/5	3/6	2/2	8/17
Converted %	25%	40%	50%	100%	47%
Conceded	2	0	6	3	11
Saved	2/2	0/0	3/6	3/3	8
Saved %	100%	–	50%	100%	250%
Times Broken	0	0	3	0	3

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• Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-7² 7-6⁶ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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