Sebastian Baez and Zhizhen Zhang will square off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zhizhen Zhang who should win in 3 sets.
Zhizhen Zhang -> 1.53
Sebastian Baez -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Zhizhen Zhang
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Zhizhen Zhang square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zhang won 7-6(5) 7-6(11) in the 2nd round in Naples back in 2022.
Sebastian Baez
19 - 22win/loss
45
18
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 41, Sebastian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Alcaraz in the 1st round on the 25th of September.
Baez has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2025, 2-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Rio de Janeiro where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Sebastian has an overall 270-171 record. He has a negative 35-41 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Zhizhen Zhang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-28 | 9-12 | 9-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 12-13 | 15-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-28 | 11-5 | 31-11 | 9-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-12 | 1-1 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 370, Zhizhen will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Atmane in the 1st round on the 25th of September.
Zhang has a compiled 4-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Zhizhen has an overall 303-255 record. He has a positive 154-139 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- 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
- 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
- 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