David Goffin stuns Alexandre Muller 6-7(6) 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Goffin will seek to keep on going in this event against Ben Shelton in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2016 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shanghai
Goffin's Record

The Belgian added to his prize money $ 11,500 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, David will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Highlights David Goffin vs. Alexandre Muller Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Goffin
Muller
6-76 6-1 6-1
2h:06
94
94
Total points
72
72
37
37
Winners
34
34
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
58%
58%
1st in
62%
62%
76%
76%
1st won
67%
67%
37/49
37/49
1st won
34/51
34/51
60%
60%
2nd won
39%
39%
21/35
21/35
2nd won
12/31
12/31
-- Break Points --
6/10
6/10
Total
1/3
1/3
60%
60%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Goffin scored 94 points vs. the French player’s 72.

Goffin

The Belgian served extremely well to win 76% of the points (37/49) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (21/35) on his second serve. David blasted 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Goffin was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (6/10).

Muller

On the other side, Muller had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Muller is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Ben Shelton – stats

Goffin will play Shelton in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that David Goffin and Ben Shelton clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Goffin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Goffin won 7-63 6-3 in the 2nd round in Acapulco back in February 2025.

The Belgian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 2 games in the last 2 sets after winning 49 points vs. Shelton’s 26 points.

1st
Goffin
Muller
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Goffin
Muller
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Goffin
Muller
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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  • Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-66 6-1)
  • David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-76 6-1 6-1)
  • Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2)
  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1)
  • Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4)
  • Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5)
  • Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo Berrettini
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  • Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-65)
  • Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4)

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