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.

As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
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

Alexandre Muller

23 - 24win/loss

Hard
12-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-10
Grass
0-3
Rank
42
High
38
LWWLWLLLLW
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.

Shanghai
Muller's Record

David Goffin

David Goffin

12 - 21win/loss

Hard
8-14
I Hard
0-2
Clay
4-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
118
High
7
LWLLWLLWWL
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.

Shanghai
Goffin's Record

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