Lorenzo Sonego and Yannick Hanfmann will square off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.46
Yannick Hanfmann -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Yannick Hanfmann

This will be the 6th time that Lorenzo Sonego and Yannick Hanfmann face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Sonego (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sonego won 7-5 2-6 7-6(9) in the 1st round in Adelaide back in 2024.

Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs Yannick Hanfmann – Adelaide 09-January-2024

Lorenzo Sonego

Lorenzo Sonego

18 - 24win/loss

Hard
11-13
I Hard
1-2
Clay
1-5
Grass
5-4
Rank
39
High
21
LWWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 11-14 1-5 8-6 5-4 0-0
2024 27-33 10-14 10-11 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 30-31 10-12 9-7 9-8 2-4 0-0
2022 30-29 7-9 8-11 10-5 5-4 0-0
2021 30-24 9-11 9-4 6-6 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 44, the Italian will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Zverev in the 1st round on the 26th of September.

The Italian has an aggregate 18-24 win-loss record in 2025, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Sonego has an overall 380-304 record. He has a negative 85-91 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Sonego's Record

Yannick Hanfmann

Yannick Hanfmann

34 - 23win/loss

Hard
10-8
I Hard
2-0
Clay
17-12
Grass
5-3
Rank
104
High
45
LWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-28 12-9 17-12 12-4 5-3 0-0
2024 24-33 8-11 12-15 2-3 2-4 0-0
2023 43-30 6-8 29-14 4-5 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 4-3 21-16 7-4 2-3 0-0
2021 18-24 1-4 14-11 1-4 2-4 0-1

Ranked no. 159, Yannick got to the 1st round after defeating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 7-5 and Jason Murray Kubler 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Yannick had a good straight sets win against Murray Kubler (6-2 6-3). During the match Hanfmann scored 60 points vs Murray Kubler’s 42. Hanfmann was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Hanfmann struck 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yannick Hanfmann was very effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yannick broke Murray Kubler 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hagen Challenger where he overcame Guy Den Ouden in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.

The German has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai
Hanfmann's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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