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.
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
27 - 26win/loss
87
67
| 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.
Sebastian Ofner
20 - 17win/loss
134
37
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- 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
- 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
- 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