Alexander Zverev and Arthur Rinderknech will square off in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.32
Arthur Rinderknech -> 3.36

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Arthur Rinderknech

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Zverev and Arthur Rinderknech square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rinderknech (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rinderknech won 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Wimbledon back in July 2025.

Highlights Arthur Rinderknech vs Alexander Zverev – Wimbledon 01-July-2025

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, Zverev got to the 3^rd round after defeating Valentin Royer 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Royer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 66 points vs Royer’s 57. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev struck 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Zverev was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Royer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Zverev has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 72% of his matches (493-194). 24-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has an aggregate 203-83 record in the last years on hard.

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

The German has an overall 48-20 win-loss record in 2025, 24-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Arthur Rinderknech

Ranked no. 54, Rinderknech got to the 3^rd round after beating Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(3) 1-0 ret. and Alex Michelsen 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Michelsen (6-3 6-4). During the match Rinderknech scored 66 points vs Michelsen’s 58. Rinderknech was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Rinderknech recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Michelsen 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Kitzbuhel.

Rinderknech has an aggregate 27-31 win-loss record in 2025, 10-14 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	Zverev	Rinderknech
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	20	33
Pts	66-57	124-114
Total Points	123	238
Winners	34	57
%Winners	52%	46%

Zverev played 1 match while Rinderknech competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Arthur Rinderknech conceded 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Rinderknech (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 13 games less than Rinderknech. Alexander scored 34 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Rinderknech struck 57 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Rinderknech
Aces	12	17
Avg per match	12	8.5
1st in	44/61	76/110
%1st in	72%	69%
1st pts	34/44	57/76
%1st pts	77%	75%
2nd pts	10/17	14/34
%2nd pts	59%	41%

Zverev made 12 aces . Rinderknech blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Zverev won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Rinderknech
Won	2	5
Converted	2/4	5/13
% Converted	50%	38%
Conceded	5	12
Saved	5	10
% Saved	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	2

The German broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Zverev had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Arthur broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Rinderknech conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R2 Royer	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	66-57	66-57
Total points	123	123
Winners	34	34
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	12	12
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/61	44/61
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	34/44	34/44
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Rinderknech
	R1 Medjedovic	R2 Michelsen	Total
Score	6-73 1-0 ret.	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	19	33
pts	58-56	66-58	124-114
Total points	114	124	238
Winners	27	30	57
%Winners	47%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	14	3	17
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	35/46	41/64	76/110
% 1st in	76%	64%	69%
1st pts	27/35	30/41	57/76
% 1st pts	77%	73%	75%
2nd pts	3/11	11/23	14/34
% 2nd pts	27%	48%	41%
Breaks
Won	1	4	5
Converted	1/7	4/6	5/13
Converted %	14%	67%	38%
Conceded	4	8	12
Saved	3/4	7/8	10
Saved %	75%	88%	163%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-6) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-5) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jesper De JongDe Jong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Zizou BergsBergs (3-0) – H2H and prediction