Pedro Martinez Portero and Arthur Cazaux will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on SHOW COURT 32. 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 Arthur Cazaux who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.46
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Arthur Cazaux

This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Arthur Cazaux face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cazaux (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cazaux won 4-6 6-2 7-6(6) in the qualifications in Madrid back in 2023.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Pedro Martinez Portero

16 - 28win/loss

Hard
4-10
I Hard
3-1
Clay
7-14
Grass
2-3
Rank
95
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-34 4-11 7-15 3-5 2-3 0-0
2024 36-31 7-9 27-13 2-6 0-3 0-0
2023 44-35 6-9 33-25 5-0 0-1 0-0
2022 21-30 7-12 13-13 0-2 1-3 0-0
2021 32-25 4-5 21-13 5-5 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 70, Martinez Portero will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger where he lost 6-1 3-0 ret. to Topo in the 1st round on the 17th of September.

The Spaniard has a compiled 16-28 win-loss record in 2025, 4-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Buenos Aires.

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 457-310 record. He has a negative 71-72 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai
Martinez Portero's Record

Arthur Cazaux

Arthur Cazaux

25 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-12
I Hard
1-1
Clay
8-5
Grass
4-2
Rank
67
High
58
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-24 18-13 8-5 3-4 4-2 0-0
2024 31-24 25-15 0-2 5-3 1-4 0-0
2023 54-29 31-13 11-9 3-4 9-3 0-0
2022 22-14 14-3 4-7 4-4 0-0 0-0
2021 45-19 16-4 22-11 7-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 80, the French player will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 2-6 6-4 to Mensik in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.

Cazaux has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2025, 12-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Arthur’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Kitzbuhel.

In terms of his career, Cazaux has an overall 196-122 record. He has a positive 112-52 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai
Cazaux's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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