Alexander Zverev and Valentin Royer 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 play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.149
Valentin Royer -> 5.5

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Valentin Royer

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

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, the German will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Medvedev in the quarter on the 29^th of September.

Zverev has an overall 47-20 win-loss record in 2025, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Munich where he beat Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 577-265 record. He has a positive 225-105 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 76 (career-high), Royer reached the 2^nd round after defeating Titouan Droguet 6-1 6-2, Billy Harris 7-6(2) 6-4 and Mariano Navone 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Navone, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Royer scored 92 points vs Navone’s 81. Valentin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Royer managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (44/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Navone 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he defeated Andrej Martin in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Kigali 2 Challenger where he overcame Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.

The French player has an aggregate 56-23 win-loss record in 2025, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (2-0) – 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
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – 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
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction