Liam Draxl and Valentin Vacherot will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.86
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Valentin Vacherot

There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Valentin Vacherot since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 119, the Canadian got to the qualifications after beating Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-7(1) 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, Draxl defeated Jacquet (6-4 6-7¹ 7-6⁵). During the match, Draxl scored 131 points vs Jacquet’s 121. Draxl was pretty aggressive to blast 64 winners.

Talking about the service games, Draxl blasted 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 82% of his first serves in, winning 72% (64/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Liam broke Jacquet 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (206-104). 19-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Draxl has a compiled107-55 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he overcame Alexander Blockx in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.

Liam has an aggregate 45-23 win-loss record in 2025, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Draxl has never competed in this tournament before.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 202, Valentin got to the qualifications after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-7(7) 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications against Basavareddy, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 6-4 6-2). During the match Vacherot scored 108 points vs Basavareddy’s 94. Valentin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 57 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 74% of his first serves in, winning 77% (57/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Basavareddy 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Vacherot’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

Vacherot has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2025, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Vacherot
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	31
Pts	131-121	108-94
Total Points	252	202
Winners	64	57
%Winners	49%	53%

Both Draxl and Vacherot played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Draxl conceded 1 set, while Valentin Vacherot surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Vacherot have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Draxl played 5 games more than Vacherot. Draxl scored 64 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Vacherot recorded 57 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Vacherot
Aces	14	20
Avg per match	14	20
1st in	89/109	74/100
%1st in	82%	74%
1st pts	64/89	57/74
%1st pts	72%	77%
2nd pts	10/20	13/26
%2nd pts	50%	50%

Draxl struck 14 aces . Vacherot made 20 aces . Draxl won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 77% of the points on 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	Draxl	Vacherot
Won	3	4
Converted	3/12	4/9
% Converted	25%	44%
Conceded	6	3
Saved	4	2
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

Liam broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Canadian lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Vacherot broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Vacherot conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	Q1 Jacquet	Total
Score	6-4 6-71 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	131-121	131-121
Total points	252	252
Winners	64	64
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	14	14
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	89/109	89/109
% 1st in	82%	82%
1st pts	64/89	64/89
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Vacherot
	Q1 Basavareddy	Total
Score	6-77 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	108-94	108-94
Total points	202	202
Winners	57	57
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	20	20
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	74/100	74/100
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	57/74	57/74
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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