Tommy Paul and Tomas Machac will clash against each other in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. 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 Tommy Paul who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.58
Tomas Machac -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Tomas Machac
This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Tomas Machac fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Machac won 2-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in September 2024.
Highlights Tomas Machac vs Tommy Paul – Tokyo 28-September-2024
Tommy Paul
41 - 16win/loss
13
12
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 41-16 | 17-10 | 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, the American got to the 4th round after defeating Unknown Player bye, Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-3 and Alejandro Tabilo 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 6-2.
In the 3rd round against Tabilo, Tommy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-66 6-2). During the match, Paul scored 120 points vs Tabilo’s 113. Paul was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paul managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Tommy Paul was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (52/71) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Paul broke Tabilo 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Paul has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Paul has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (391-221). 17-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Paul has an aggregate 192-111 win-loss 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 overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-1 7-6(8).
Paul has a compiled 41-16 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Tomas Machac
32 - 20win/loss
33
33
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-20 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 33 (career-high), the Czech reached the 4th round after beating Unknown Player bye, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-4 6-2). During the match Machac scored 68 points vs Vukic’s 52. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Machac was pretty efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Vukic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Geneva.
Machac has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 20-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Paul | Machac |
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Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
Tot Games | 50 | 48 |
Pts | 179-146 | 152-143 |
Total Points | 325 | 295 |
Winners | 72 | 57 |
%Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Paul and Machac played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tommy Paul conceded 1 set, while Tomas Machac dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Paul and Machac have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Paul played 2 games more than Machac. The American scored 72 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas recorded 57 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Paul | Machac |
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Aces | 20 | 15 |
Avg per match | 10 | 7.5 |
1st in | 97/151 | 72/140 |
%1st in | 64% | 51% |
1st pts | 72/97 | 57/72 |
%1st pts | 74% | 79% |
2nd pts | 33/54 | 35/68 |
%2nd pts | 61% | 51% |
Paul recorded 20 aces (10 per match). Machac managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Paul won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Paul | Machac |
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Won | 8 | 6 |
Converted | 8/17 | 6/10 |
% Converted | 47% | 60% |
Conceded | 3 | 11 |
Saved | 1 | 7 |
% Saved | 33% | 64% |
Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Paul conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Machac broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
Paul | ||||
R2 Fognini |
R3 Tabilo |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-72 7-66 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 34 | 50 | |
pts | 59-33 | 120-113 | 179-146 | |
Total points | 92 | 233 | 325 | |
Winners | 20 | 52 | 72 | |
%Winners | 34% | 43% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 26/42 | 71/109 | 97/151 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 65% | 64% | |
1st pts | 20/26 | 52/71 | 72/97 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 13/16 | 20/38 | 33/54 | |
% 2nd pts | 81% | 53% | 61% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/4 | 4/13 | 8/17 | |
Converted % | 100% | 31% | 47% | |
Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 1/3 | 1 | |
Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Machac | ||||
R2 Davidovich Fokina |
R3 Vukic |
Total | ||
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Score | 1-6 7-63 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
pts | 84-91 | 68-52 | 152-143 | |
Total points | 175 | 120 | 295 | |
Winners | 32 | 25 | 57 | |
%Winners | 38% | 37% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
1st in | 45/91 | 27/49 | 72/140 | |
% 1st in | 49% | 55% | 51% | |
1st pts | 32/45 | 25/27 | 57/72 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 93% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 22/46 | 13/22 | 35/68 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 59% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Converted | 3/3 | 3/7 | 6/10 | |
Converted % | 100% | 43% | 60% | |
Conceded | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
Saved | 3/7 | 4/4 | 7 | |
Saved % | 43% | 100% | 72% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-75 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-67 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-73 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-72 7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-6(7) 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-7(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (5-7 7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (4-9) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-1) – H2H and prediction