Alexandre Muller and David Goffin will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.56
David Goffin -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. David Goffin
This will be the 2nd time that Alexandre Muller and David Goffin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Muller won 6-3 3-6 1-0 ret. in the 1st round in Madrid back in April 2025.
Alexandre Muller
23 - 24win/loss
42
38
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-29 | 12-12 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Alexandre will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Marozsan in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.
Muller has an aggregate 23-24 win-loss record in 2025, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Hong Kong where he defeated Kei Nishikori in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Alexandre has an overall 421-295 record. He has a positive 132-87 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.
David Goffin
12 - 21win/loss
118
7
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-26 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 24-11 | 7-7 | 9-7 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-26 | 2-5 | 11-9 | 18-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 7-13 | 14-5 | 9-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-15 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 5-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, the Belgian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Rinderknech in the 1st round on the 26th of September.
David has an overall 12-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Belgian has an overall 660-399 record. He has a positive 234-153 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Liam DraxlDraxl (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Billy HarrisHarris (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Liam DraxlDraxl (4-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction