Luca Nardi and Sebastian Ofner will face off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.86
Luca Nardi -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Sebastian Ofner

This will be the 3rd time that Luca Nardi and Sebastian Ofner face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Ofner won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2023.

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi

27 - 26win/loss

Hard
13-12
I Hard
6-3
Clay
8-9
Grass
0-2
Rank
87
High
67
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-30 14-13 8-9 8-6 0-2 0-0
2024 32-27 14-14 8-5 9-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 85, Luca will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-0 6-7(4) 6-3 to Arnaldi in the qualifications on the 22nd of September.

Nardi has a compiled 27-26 win-loss record in 2025, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Luca’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Nardi has an overall 180-146 record. He has a positive 62-43 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Shanghai
Nardi's Record

Sebastian Ofner

Sebastian Ofner

20 - 17win/loss

Hard
0-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-10
Grass
4-3
Rank
134
High
37
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-19 0-5 16-10 0-1 4-3 0-0
2024 19-25 6-8 8-13 1-0 4-4 0-0
2023 60-31 12-10 37-13 7-6 4-2 0-0
2022 28-18 4-4 21-12 0-0 3-2 0-0
2021 23-24 4-6 4-8 7-6 8-4 0-0

Ranked no. 137, Sebastian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-1 6-2 7-6(5) to Ruud in the 1st round on the 25th of August.

Ofner has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2025, 0-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ofner’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Geneva.

In terms of his career, Ofner has an overall 336-255 record. He has a positive 95-68 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai
Ofner's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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