Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juncheng Shang will square off in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT . In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.83
Juncheng Shang -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Juncheng Shang

This will be the 2^nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juncheng Shang clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Shang won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in the Lexington Challenger back in 2022.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 67, Kovacevic will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2 to Vukic in the qualifications on the 22^nd of September.

Kovacevic has a composed 30-27 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he beat Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Cap Cana Challenger where he beat Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Kovacevic has an overall 211-176 record. He has a positive 130-98 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Juncheng Shang

Ranked no. 238, the Chinese will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 0-6 7-6(5) 7-5 to Cazaux in the 1^st round on the 26^th of September.

Juncheng has an aggregate 4-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Chinese’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong.

In terms of his career, Shang has an overall 135-86 record. He has a positive 73-42 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – 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
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – 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
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – 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
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – 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