Tomas Machac and Valentin Vacherot will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In the following lines 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.32
Valentin Vacherot -> 3.36

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Valentin Vacherot

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

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac

23 - 16win/loss

Hard
15-8
I Hard
3-1
Clay
2-5
Grass
3-2
Rank
32
High
20
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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
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Ranked no. 23, Machac got to the 3rd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 6-4). During the match, Machac scored 84 points vs Bellucci’s 74. Tomas was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Machac made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Machac was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tomas broke Bellucci twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Machac has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (280-147). 15-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has a composed87-41 record in the last 9 years on hard.

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

Tomas has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2025, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Shanghai
Machac's Record

Valentin Vacherot

Valentin Vacherot

37 - 22win/loss

Hard
13-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
24-12
Grass
0-1
Rank
31
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-24 18-9 24-12 3-2 0-1 0-0
2024 34-13 19-3 15-9 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 55-32 6-4 49-25 0-3 0-0 0-0
2022 46-22 27-12 18-8 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 39-14 36-8 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 204, the Monegasque got to the 3rd round after defeating Nishesh Basavareddy 6-7(7) 6-4 6-2, Liam Draxl 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4, Laslo Djere 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Bublik 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Bublik, Valentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Vacherot scored 83 points vs Bublik’s 80. The Monegasque was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 73% of his first serves in, winning 80% (49/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Bublik twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Monegasque started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Valentin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

Vacherot has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Vacherot's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Machac
V.Vacherot
1h:48
1h:48
Time on court​
!
8h:32
8h:32
1h:48
1h:48
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
19
19
Games Played​
111
111
2
2
Set played​​
11
11
84
84
Total points​
356
356
84
84
Avg point​
89
89
34
34
Winners
181
181
34
34
Avg Winners​
45.3
45.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
43
43
!
11
11
Avg Aces
!
10.8
10.8
1
1
Double Faults
10
10
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
34/48
34/48
1st won total​
181/232
181/232
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
13/22
13/22
2nd won total​
55/102
55/102
59%
59%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
BP won
10/24
10/24
2/10
2/10
Avg BP won
2.5/6
2.5/6
!
20%
20%
Won
42%
42%
4
4
Conceded
11
11
4
4
Avg Conceded
2.8
2.8
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Machac Vacherot
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 2 11
Tot Games 19 111
Pts 84-74 356-322
Total Points 158 678
Winners 34 181
%Winners 40% 51%

Machac played 1 match while Vacherot competed in 4 matches. Vacherot started his run from the qualifications while Machac had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Valentin Vacherot conceded 3 sets while Tomas Machac hasn’t lost a set so far. Machac has played 9 set(s) less than Vacherot (2 vs 11). Therefore, Machac played 92 games less than Vacherot. The Czech scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Monegasque made 181 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Machac Vacherot
Aces 11 43
Avg per match 11 10.8
1st in 48/70 232/334
%1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 34/48 181/232
%1st pts 71% 78%
2nd pts 13/22 55/102
%2nd pts 59% 54%

Machac fired 11 aces . Vacherot struck 43 aces (10.8 per match). Machac won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Machac Vacherot
Won 2 10
Converted 2/10 10/24
% Converted 20% 42%
Conceded 4 11
Saved 4 7
% Saved 100% 64%
Times Broken 0 4

The Czech broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Tomas very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Monegasque broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Vacherot conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Machac
R2
Bellucci		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 84-74 84-74
Total points 158 158
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 48/70 48/70
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 34/48 34/48
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 13/22 13/22
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/10 2/10
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 4/4 4
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Vacherot
Q1
Basavareddy		 Q3
Draxl		 R1
Djere		 R2
Bublik		 Total
Score 6-77 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-65 6-4 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 3 11
Tot Games 31 33 19 28 111
pts 108-94 101-96 64-52 83-80 356-322
Total points 202 197 116 163 678
Winners 57 49 26 49 181
%Winners 53% 49% 41% 59% 51%
SERVE
Aces 20 8 4 11 43
Double Faults 4 0 2 4 10
1st in 74/100 66/96 31/55 61/83 232/334
% 1st in 74% 69% 56% 73% 69%
1st pts 57/74 49/66 26/31 49/61 181/232
% 1st pts 77% 74% 84% 80% 78%
2nd pts 13/26 18/30 14/24 10/22 55/102
% 2nd pts 50% 60% 58% 45% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 2 2 2 10
Converted 4/9 2/5 2/4 2/6 10/24
Converted % 44% 40% 50% 33% 42%
Conceded 3 4 0 4 11
Saved 2/3 2/4 0/0 3/4 7
Saved % 67% 50% – 75% 192%
Times Broken 1 2 0 1 4

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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