Juncheng Shang and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.727
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

This will be the 3rd time that Juncheng Shang and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Davidovich Fokina won 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in 2024.

Juncheng Shang

Juncheng Shang

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
253
High
47
LWWLLWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-8 6-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 42-27 25-10 8-7 2-6 7-4 0-0
2023 31-23 21-14 3-3 0-2 7-4 0-0
2022 40-24 17-8 15-10 7-5 1-1 0-0
2021 18-5 6-3 12-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 50, Juncheng will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 4-3 ret. to Nishikori in the semifinal on the 4th of January.

The Chinese has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Juncheng’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong.

Talking about his overall career, Juncheng has an overall 134-80 record. He has a positive 72-36 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Shang's Record

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
14
High
14
LWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 44-26 22-14 9-6 8-4 5-2 0-0
2024 20-22 13-12 2-5 5-4 0-1 0-0
2023 32-28 18-11 9-8 3-6 2-3 0-0
2022 21-26 7-9 11-8 0-6 3-3 0-0
2021 30-25 4-6 16-7 9-10 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 68, the Spaniard will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Korda in the 2nd round on the 8th of January.

Davidovich Fokina has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Davidovich Fokina has an overall 262-196 record. He has a positive 116-75 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Australian Open
Davidovich Fokina's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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