Nuno Borges and Botic Van De Zandschulp will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.9
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.9

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, Borges will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-5 7-6(4) to Fritz in the 2^nd round on the 26^th of September.

The Portuguese has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2025, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland and the Phoenix Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 311-162 record. He has a positive 150-65 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 84, Botic will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(7) to Atmane in the qualifications on the 24^th of September.

The Dutch has a compiled 25-26 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Botic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Salem.

In terms of his career, Van De Zandschulp has an overall 371-233 record. He has a positive 74-53 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• 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
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – 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
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – 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
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – 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
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – 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