Denis Shapovalov and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.31
Christopher O Connell -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Christopher O Connell

This will be the 2^nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Shapovalov won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Belgrade back in 2024.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Christopher O Connell – Belgrade 07-November-2024

Denis Shapovalov

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

Shapovalov has an aggregate 21-18 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Dallas where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3 and in Los Cabos where he defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Shapovalov has an overall 330-225 record. He has a positive 146-99 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019 and 2024. See his history.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 109, O got to the 2^nd round after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-2 6-4). During the match O scored 74 points vs Dzumhur’s 58. Christopher was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, O managed to score 6 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Dzumhur 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

O’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Guangzhou Challenger.

The Australian has a compiled 23-26 win-loss record in 2025, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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