Tomas Machac and Mattia Bellucci will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on COURT 7. 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.53
Mattia Bellucci -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Mattia Bellucci

This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Mattia Bellucci play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bellucci (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Bellucci won 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Cassis Challenger back in 2023.

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac

22 - 16win/loss

Hard
14-8
I Hard
3-1
Clay
2-5
Grass
3-2
Rank
32
High
20
LLLWLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-19 15-9 2-5 3-3 3-2 0-0
2024 37-24 22-11 9-5 5-6 1-2 0-0
2023 52-27 15-10 16-11 18-5 3-1 0-0
2022 47-19 24-6 5-2 18-10 0-0 0-1
2021 28-19 5-4 5-4 12-6 2-3 4-2

Ranked no. 23, Machac will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Shimabukuro in the 1st round on the 25th of September.

Machac has a compiled 22-16 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Acapulco where he beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Tomas has an overall 279-147 record. He has a positive 86-41 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Shanghai
Machac's Record

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci

24 - 27win/loss

Hard
10-12
I Hard
6-3
Clay
3-7
Grass
5-5
Rank
74
High
63
LLLLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-31 10-13 3-7 6-6 5-5 0-0
2024 51-33 31-18 5-2 9-9 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 69, Bellucci reached the 2nd round after defeating Adam Walton 7-6(6) 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Walton (7-66 6-1). During the match Bellucci scored 62 points vs Walton’s 50. Bellucci was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Bellucci made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mattia Bellucci was very efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Walton twice.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Sumter Challenger where he beat Alexander Shevchenko in the final 7-6(5) 3-1 ret..

The Italian has an aggregate 24-27 win-loss record in 2025, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

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

Shanghai
Bellucci's Record

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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