Dalibor Svrcina and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.64
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Yosuke Watanuki
This will be the 3rd time that Dalibor Svrcina and Yosuke Watanuki fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Svrcina and Watanuki (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Svrcina won 6-2 6-0 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in August 2025.
Dalibor Svrcina
45 - 26win/loss
90
86
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-29 | 28-14 | 18-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91 (career-high), Dalibor got to the qualifications after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Dalibor had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (6-2 6-4). During the match, Svrcina scored 60 points vs Zeppieri’s 37. Svrcina was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svrcina was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Dalibor Svrcina was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zeppieri 3 times.
Svrcina has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (205-146). 26-12 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svrcina has an overall87-54 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pune Challenger where he defeated Brandon Holt in the final 7-6(3) 6-1 and the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Vitaliy Sachko in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Cancun Challenger where he overcame Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-4 5-7 6-4.
Dalibor has a composed 45-26 win-loss record in 2025, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Yosuke Watanuki
26 - 21win/loss
159
72
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 147, Watanuki got to the qualifications after beating Hanyi Liu 7-6(3) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Liu (7-63 6-2). During the match Watanuki scored 69 points vs Liu’s 54. Watanuki was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki made 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 62% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Yousuke broke Liu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Yousuke’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Yousuke has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2025, 18-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-37 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 97 | 123 |
| Winners | 27 | 32 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Both Svrcina and Watanuki 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. Talking about their workload, Svrcina and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Svrcina played 3 games less than Watanuki. Dalibor scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Yousuke managed to score 32 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 13 |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 40/65 |
| %1st in | 74% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 32/40 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 48% |
Svrcina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Watanuki blasted 13 aces . Svrcina won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Svrcina broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Czech pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Watanuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svrcina | |||
| Q1 Zeppieri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 60-37 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Watanuki | |||
| Q1 Liu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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