Sheng Tang and Aleksandre Bakshi will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Hangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandre Bakshi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandre Bakshi is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 1.26
Sheng Tang -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Sheng Tang vs. Aleksandre Bakshi
There is no head to head record between Sheng Tang and Aleksandre Bakshi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Sheng Tang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 10-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-16 | 11-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-19 | 42-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Mikalai Haliak 7-6(5) 4-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Haliak, the Chinese had a free pass after Haliak retired on a 7-65 4-0 . scoreline.
Tang has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (76-58). 7-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tang has a compiled66-50 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Tang has an aggregate 8-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hangzhou Challenger
Sheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandre Bakshi
28 - 19win/loss
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WLWLWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-24 | 33-20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-18 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-17 | 22-13 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507 (career-high), Aleksandre reached the qualifications after beating Linghao Zhang 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Aleksandre had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 6-2). During the match Bakshi scored 65 points vs Zhang’s 50. Aleksandre was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Bakshi bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandre Bakshi lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bakshi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Bakshi broke Zhang 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Aleksandre’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Kachreti Challenger.
Bakshi has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2024, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tang | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 69-51 | 65-50 |
| Total Points | 120 | 115 |
| Winners | 25 | 26 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Tang and Bakshi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Tang has played 1 set more than Bakshi (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Tang played 1 game less than Bakshi. Sheng scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean scored 26 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tang | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 33/51 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 50% |
Tang made 7 aces . Bakshi made 6 aces . Tang won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tang | Bakshi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Sheng broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Tang conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandre broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Bakshi conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tang | |||
| Q1 Haliak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 69-51 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bakshi | |||
| Q1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 65-50 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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