Jiri Lehecka and Denis Shapovalov will fight against each other in the 3^rd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 Jiri Lehecka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.57
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Jiri Lehecka vs. Denis Shapovalov

This will be the 3^rd time that Jiri Lehecka and Denis Shapovalov square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Lehecka and Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Shapovalov won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Belgrade back in 2024.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Jiri Lehecka – Belgrade 08-November-2024

Jiri Lehecka

Ranked no. 19, Lehecka got to the 3^rd round after defeating Quentin Halys 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-4 7-5). During the match, Lehecka scored 66 points vs Halys’s 52. Jiri was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lehecka made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Lehecka was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jiri broke Halys twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Lehecka has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (249-155). 23-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lehecka has a composed83-45 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he beat Reilly Opelka in the final 4-1 ret..

Lehecka has an overall 37-18 win-loss record in 2025, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 24, Shapovalov reached the 3^rd round after defeating Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against O Connell (6-3 6-2). During the match Shapovalov scored 62 points vs O Connell’s 41. Shapovalov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Shapovalov fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Shapovalov was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shapovalov broke O Connell 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

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

The Canadian has an overall 22-18 win-loss record in 2025, 14-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	17
Pts	66-52	62-41
Total Points	118	103
Winners	35	25
%Winners	53%	40%

Both Lehecka and Shapovalov played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lehecka and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lehecka played 5 games more than Shapovalov. The Czech scored 35 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov blasted 25 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Aces	8	11
Avg per match	8	11
1st in	42/58	33/54
%1st in	72%	61%
1st pts	35/42	25/33
%1st pts	83%	76%
2nd pts	10/16	12/21
%2nd pts	63%	57%

Lehecka made 8 aces . Shapovalov made 11 aces . Lehecka won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lehecka	Shapovalov
Won	2	4
Converted	2/3	4/9
% Converted	67%	44%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	1

Jiri broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Lehecka extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Denis broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Lehecka
	R2 Halys	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	66-52	66-52
Total points	118	118
Winners	35	35
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	42/58	42/58
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	35/42	35/42
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	10/16	10/16
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Shapovalov
	R2 O	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	62-41	62-41
Total points	103	103
Winners	25	25
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	33/54	33/54
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	25/33	25/33
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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• Zizou BergsBergs – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6(1) 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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