Andrey Rublev and Yoshihito Nishioka will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 6^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.25
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 6^th time that Andrey Rublev and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but Nishioka has a winning record of 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rublev won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Paris back in 2023.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Paris 31-October-2023

Andrey Rublev

Ranked no. 14, Rublev will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Cobolli in the 1^st round on the 26^th of September.

Andrey has a composed 32-22 win-loss record in 2025, 16-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Doha where he overcame Jack Draper in the final 7-5 5-7 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, Rublev has an overall 510-284 record. He has a positive 207-109 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 173, the Japanese reached the 2^nd round after beating Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-2, Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-3 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Yoshihito had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-1 6-2). During the match Nishioka scored 65 points vs Shevchenko’s 46. Yoshihito was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishioka scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Yoshihito has an aggregate 13-20 win-loss record in 2025, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 3-6 7-5) – 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
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Yi ZhouZhou (6-7¹ 6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Christopher O Connell
  O Connell – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-4) – 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
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-6³ 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
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August HolmgrenHolmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – 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
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – 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