Nuno Borges and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.75
Nuno Borges -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Juncheng Shang

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, the Portuguese reached the 3^rd round after defeating Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(5) 7-6(5) and Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(7) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-6⁷ 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 78 points vs Vukic’s 70. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 71% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Vukic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 50% of the points he played.

Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (303-156). 16-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed 146-63 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Nuno’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland and the Phoenix Challenger.

Nuno has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2025, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Juncheng Shang

Ranked no. 237, Juncheng got to the 3^rd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Karen Khachanov 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Juncheng had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (7-6³ 6-3). During the match Shang scored 69 points vs Khachanov’s 58. Shang was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Shang managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Shang put 69% of his first serves in, winning 87% (39/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (6/20) on the 2nd serve. Shang was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Khachanov 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chinese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Shang’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hong Kong.

Shang has an aggregate 6-7 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Shang
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	49	50
Pts	160-158	151-137
Total Points	318	288
Winners	79	79
%Winners	49%	52%

Both Borges and Shang played 2 matches. At the moment, Juncheng Shang conceded 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Shang (4 vs 5). Therefore, Borges played 1 game less than Shang. Borges scored 79 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Shang managed to score 79 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Shang
Aces	15	11
Avg per match	7.5	5.5
1st in	107/163	101/142
%1st in	66%	71%
1st pts	79/107	79/101
%1st pts	74%	78%
2nd pts	29/56	20/41
%2nd pts	52%	49%

Borges fired 15 aces (7.5 per match). Shang blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Borges won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Shang
Won	3	5
Converted	3/8	5/6
% Converted	38%	83%
Conceded	6	3
Saved	4	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	2	3

Borges broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Juncheng conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Van De Zandschulp	R2 Vukic	Total
Score	7-65 7-65	7-67 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	26	23	49
pts	82-88	78-70	160-158
Total points	170	148	318
Winners	39	40	79
%Winners	48%	51%	49%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	15
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	55/90	52/73	107/163
% 1st in	61%	71%	66%
1st pts	39/55	40/52	79/107
% 1st pts	71%	77%	74%
2nd pts	19/35	10/21	29/56
% 2nd pts	54%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/2	2/6	3/8
Converted %	50%	33%	38%
Conceded	3	3	6
Saved	2/3	2/3	4
Saved %	67%	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Shang
	R1 Kovacevic	R2 Khachanov	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	22	50
pts	82-79	69-58	151-137
Total points	161	127	288
Winners	40	39	79
%Winners	49%	57%	52%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	11
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	56/77	45/65	101/142
% 1st in	73%	69%	71%
1st pts	40/56	39/45	79/101
% 1st pts	71%	87%	78%
2nd pts	14/21	6/20	20/41
% 2nd pts	67%	30%	49%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/3	3/3	5/6
Converted %	67%	100%	83%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	0/1	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Zizou BergsBergs – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6(1) 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – David GoffinGoffin (3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneRune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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