Alexander Bublik and Valentin Vacherot will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.27
Valentin Vacherot -> 3.76

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Valentin Vacherot

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Valentin Vacherot since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 17, Bublik will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Mannarino in the 1^st round on the 26^th of September.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 42-20 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Turin Challenger where he overcame Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Halle where he overcame Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in Gstaad where he overcame Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-4 4-6 6-3 and in Kitzbuhel where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Hangzhou where he defeated Valentin Royer in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 393-283 record. He has a positive 145-115 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

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

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 204, Valentin got to the 2^nd round after beating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-7(7) 6-4 6-2, Liam Draxl 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 and Laslo Djere 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Vacherot had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-3 6-4). During the match Vacherot scored 64 points vs Djere’s 52. The Monegasque was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Vacherot was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vacherot broke Djere twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Vacherot’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

The Monegasque has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6² 6-1) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6(2) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• 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
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – 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
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – 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
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (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
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-0) – 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 – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction