Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune will square off in the 4th round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.66
Holger Rune -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Holger Rune

This will be the 4th time that Taylor Fritz and Holger Rune fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rune won 2-6 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian wells back in March 2024.

Highlights Holger Rune vs Taylor Fritz – Indian wells 13-March-2024

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz

47 - 19win/loss

Hard
20-9
I Hard
2-1
Clay
15-7
Grass
10-2
Rank
7
High
5
WWLLWLWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-19 20-9 15-7 2-1 10-2 0-0
2023 54-24 35-11 11-6 5-3 3-4 0-0
2022 46-21 24-8 5-3 9-7 8-3 0-0
2021 34-22 20-13 4-5 8-3 2-1 0-0
2020 15-16 11-9 2-3 2-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 7, the American got to the 4th round after defeating Unknown Player bye, Terence Atmane 7-6(4) 7-6(5) and Yosuke Watanuki 6-3 6-4.

In the 3rd round, Fritz had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-3 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 62 points vs Watanuki’s 51. Taylor was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz made 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Taylor Fritz lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Watanuki 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (382-226). 20-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has a compiled 225-115 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Delray Beach where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3 and in Eastbourne where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-4 6-3.

Fritz has a composed 47-19 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Fritz's Record

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

38 - 20win/loss

Hard
21-10
I Hard
3-2
Clay
11-6
Grass
3-2
Rank
14
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-20 21-10 11-6 3-2 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0
2020 32-16 1-3 28-11 3-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 14, Rune got to the 4th round after beating Matteo Berrettini 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Jiri Lehecka 6-4 7-5.

In the 3rd round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (6-4 7-5). During the match Rune scored 78 points vs Lehecka’s 64. Holger was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Rune bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Holger Rune was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dane broke Lehecka twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dane has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Rune’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Rune has a composed 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd

round in 2023. See his history.
Shanghai
Rune's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Fritz
H.Rune
3h:17
3h:17
Time on court​
3h:48
3h:48
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
2
2
Match played
2
2
45
45
Games Played​
51
51
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
142
142
Total points​
165
165
71
71
Avg point​
82.5
82.5
68
68
Winners
69
69
34
34
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
48%
48%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
10
10
8
8
Avg Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
68/91
68/91
1st won total​
69/87
69/87
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
27/51
27/51
2nd won total​
44/64
44/64
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
BP won
4/11
4/11
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
2/5.5
2/5.5
40%
40%
Won
36%
36%
7
7
Conceded
5
5
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
2
2
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
5
5
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Fritz Rune
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 45 51
Pts 142-134 165-138
Total Points 276 303
Winners 68 69
%Winners 48% 42%

Both Fritz and Rune played 2 matches. At the moment, Holger Rune dropped 1 set while Taylor Fritz hasn’t lost a set so far. Fritz has played 1 set(s) less than Rune (4 vs 5). Therefore, Fritz played 6 games less than Rune. Fritz scored 68 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Holger fired 69 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Fritz Rune
Aces 16 10
Avg per match 8 5
1st in 91/142 87/151
%1st in 64% 58%
1st pts 68/91 69/87
%1st pts 75% 79%
2nd pts 27/51 44/64
%2nd pts 53% 69%

Fritz struck 16 aces (8 per match). Rune scored 10 aces (5 per match). Fritz won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Rune won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Fritz Rune
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/11
% Converted 40% 36%
Conceded 7 5
Saved 5 4
% Saved 71% 80%
Times Broken 2 1

The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Taylor conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Rune broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rune conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
R2
Atmane		 R3
Watanuki		 Total
Score 7-64 7-65 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 26 19 45
pts 80-83 62-51 142-134
Total points 163 113 276
Winners 38 30 68
%Winners 48% 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 6 10 16
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 52/82 39/60 91/142
% 1st in 63% 65% 64%
1st pts 38/52 30/39 68/91
% 1st pts 73% 77% 75%
2nd pts 17/30 10/21 27/51
% 2nd pts 57% 48% 53%
Breaks
Won 1 3 4
Converted 1/6 3/4 4/10
Converted % 17% 75% 40%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 2/3 3/4 5
Saved % 67% 75% 71%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Rune
R2
Berrettini		 R3
Lehecka		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 22 51
pts 87-74 78-64 165-138
Total points 161 142 303
Winners 42 27 69
%Winners 48% 35% 42%
SERVE
Aces 7 3 10
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 51/82 36/69 87/151
% 1st in 62% 52% 58%
1st pts 42/51 27/36 69/87
% 1st pts 82% 75% 79%
2nd pts 21/31 23/33 44/64
% 2nd pts 68% 70% 69%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/5 2/6 4/11
Converted % 40% 33% 36%
Conceded 3 2 5
Saved 2/3 2/2 4
Saved % 67% 100% 84%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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