Frances Tiafoe and Yannick Hanfmann will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.43
Yannick Hanfmann -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Yannick Hanfmann

This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Yannick Hanfmann square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 7-5 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Stuttgart back in 2024.

Highlights Frances Tiafoe vs Yannick Hanfmann – Stuttgart 12-June-2024

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe

26 - 22win/loss

Hard
13-12
I Hard
1-1
Clay
11-7
Grass
1-2
Rank
30
High
10
LLLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-23 13-13 11-7 1-1 1-2 0-0
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0

Ranked no. 28, the American will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 3-6 6-1 7-5 to Fucsovics in the 1st round on the 24th of September.

The American has an overall 26-22 win-loss record in 2025, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Houston.

Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 400-282 record. He has a positive 192-134 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.

Shanghai
Tiafoe's Record

Yannick Hanfmann

Yannick Hanfmann

35 - 23win/loss

Hard
11-8
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. 150, Hanfmann got to the 2nd round after defeating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 7-5, Jason Murray Kubler 6-2 6-3 and Lorenzo Sonego 2-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round against Sonego, Hanfmann recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Hanfmann scored 74 points vs Sonego’s 63. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Hanfmann fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yannick Hanfmann lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hanfmann put 70% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. Yannick broke Sonego 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

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

Yannick has an aggregate 35-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 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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