PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Djokovic, Fritz, Rune and Tiafoe to play on Friday – Shanghai Rolex Masters

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Holger Rune and Frances Tiafoe are going to play on Friday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

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Novak Djokovic vs. Marin Cilic

Head to head 17-2 for Djokovic

Novak Djokovic will come up against Marin Cilic in the 2^nd round for the 20^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT.

Novak Djokovic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 5, Djokovic will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Us Open where he lost to in the semifinal on the 5^th of September.

Novak has a 31-10 win-loss record in 2025, 17-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Geneva where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Last year in Shanghai Novak had to surrender in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 to Jannik Sinner. Djokovic won the title at the Shanghai Rolex Masters in 2012 and 2018.

Marin Cilic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 94, the Croatian got to the 2^nd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-6(5).

Marin has a 23-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS). Marin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Girona Challenger, the Madrid Challenger and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.

Last year in Shanghai Marin capitulated in the 1^st round 6-4 6-4 to Arthur Cazaux.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 20^th time that Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic fight against each other. Their record is 17-2 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 9-0 on hard.

The last time they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-3 6-4 in the final in Tel Aviv back in 2022.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.16
Marin Cilic -> 5.25

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Taylor Fritz vs. Fabian Marozsan

Head to head 1-0 for Fritz

Taylor Fritz will come up against Fabian Marozsan in the 2^nd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM COURT.

Taylor Fritz: ranking and results

Ranked no. 4 (career high), Fritz will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, USA CZE 2 where he lost to in the Rubber 4 on the 13^th of September.

Taylor has a 49-18 win-loss record in 2025, 30-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) and in Stuttgart where he beat Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 7-6(0) and in Eastbourne where he beat Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-5 6-1.

Last year in Shanghai Taylor lost in the semifinal 6-4 7-6(6) to Novak Djokovic.

Fabian Marozsan: ranking and results

Ranked no. 52, Marozsan got to the 2^nd round after beating Stan Wawrinka 6-1 4-6 6-4.

Marozsan has a 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS). Marozsan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Munich.

Last year in Shanghai The Hungarian didn’t play in Shanghai in 2024.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Taylor Fritz and Fabian Marozsan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time they fought against each other, Fritz won 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Australian open back in 2024.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.22
Fabian Marozsan -> 4.3

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Holger Rune vs. Sebastian Baez

Head to head 3-3

Holger Rune will come up against Sebastian Baez in the 2^nd round for the 7^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT.

Holger Rune: ranking and results

Ranked no. 11, the Dane will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, ESP DEN 3 where he lost to Martinez Portero in the Rubber 4 on the 14^th of September.

Rune has a 31-20 win-loss record in 2025, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Barcelona where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(6) 6-2.

Last year in Shanghai

The Dane had to surrender in the 4^th round 6-1 6-2 to Taylor Fritz.

Sebastian Baez: ranking and results

Ranked no. 42, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after beating Zhizhen Zhang 2-6 6-3 6-4.

Sebastian has a 20-22 win-loss record in 2025, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS). His best result of the current season was winning the title in Rio de Janeiro where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 6-3.

Last year in Shanghai The Argentine lost in the 2^nd round 6-3 4-6 6-4 to Gael Monfils.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 7^th time that Holger Rune and Sebastian Baez square off. Their current record is 3-3 for Rune and Baez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Previously, the last time they played, Rune won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Barcelona back in April 2025.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.23
Sebastian Baez -> 4.2

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Frances Tiafoe vs. Yannick Hanfmann

Head to head 1-0 for Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe will play Yannick Hanfmann in the 2^nd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2.

Frances Tiafoe: ranking and results

Ranked no. 28, Francis will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, USA CZE 2 where he lost to in the Rubber 5 on the 13^th of September.

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

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Houston.

Last year in Shanghai The American lost in the 3^rd round 5-7 7-5 7-6(5) to Roman Safiullin.

Yannick Hanfmann: ranking and results

Ranked no. 150, the German got to the 2^nd 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.

Yannick has a 35-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS). Hanfmann’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Hagen Challenger.

Last year in Shanghai Yannick lost in the qualifications 7-6(1) 6-4 to Alex Bolt.

Head to head analysis

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

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Tiafoe won 7-5 7-6(5)

in the 2^nd round in Stuttgart back in 2024.

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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Last Results

These are the last results of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

• Juncheng ShangShang – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yibing WuWu (7-5 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7¹ 6-2 7-6³) – Score progression – Stats
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-6³ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-7³ 1-0 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Quentin HalysHalys – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (7-6² 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Shanghai Rolex Masters

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – H2H – Prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H – Prediction