Alexander Shevchenko and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yoshihito Nishioka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yoshihito Nishioka is the pick to win this match.
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 1.69
Alexander Shevchenko -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Yoshihito Nishioka since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 88, Alexander will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Musetti in the semifinal on the 22^nd of September.

Alexander has an overall 31-30 win-loss record in 2025, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shevchenko’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sumter Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 283-201 record. He has a positive 59-52 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See his history.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 157, Nishioka reached the 1^st round after beating Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-2 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-3 6-3). During the match Nishioka scored 59 points vs Vukic’s 43. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishioka made 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Vukic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Yoshihito has an aggregate 12-20 win-loss record in 2025, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

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

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Billy HarrisHarris (7-6² 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
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 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 VacherotVacherot – Liam Draxl
  Draxl (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• 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
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (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
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – 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
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H and prediction