Novak Djokovic and Valentin Vacherot will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.06
Valentin Vacherot -> 9

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Valentin Vacherot

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

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 5, Novak got to the semifinal after beating Marin Cilic 7-6(2) 6-4, Yannick Hanfmann 4-6 7-5 6-3, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-3 5-7 6-2 and Zizou Bergs 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-3 7-5). During the match, Djokovic scored 72 points vs Bergs’s 59. Novak was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 73% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Bergs 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Djokovic has a tremendous record in the last 10 years having won 85% of his matches (473-86). 21-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Djokovic has a composed 208-34 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Geneva where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Djokovic has an overall 35-10 win-loss record in 2025, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 204, Valentin reached the semifinal 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, Alexander Bublik 3-6 6-3 6-4, Tomas Machac 6-0 3-1 ret., Tallon Griekspoor 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4 and Holger Rune 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the quarter against Rune, Vacherot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-4).During the match Vacherot scored less points (1) than Rune. In fact, the world no. 5 won 109 points vs Rune’s. That means that Vacherot was more focused during the important points. The Monegasque was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.

About the serving games, Vacherot blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (54/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Rune twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Monegasque started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 5 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Monegasque’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

Valentin has a composed 40-22 win-loss record in 2025, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

The Monegasque has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Vacherot
Match played	4	7
Tot Set	10	20
Tot Games	104	185
Pts	328-278	607-552
Total Points	606	1159
Winners	171	301
%Winners	52%	50%

Djokovic played 4 matches while Vacherot competed in 7 matches. Vacherot started his run from the qualifications while Djokovic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Novak Djokovic lost 2 sets, while Valentin Vacherot surrendered 5 sets. Djokovic has played 10 set(s) less than Vacherot (10 vs 20). Therefore, Djokovic played 81 games less than Vacherot. Novak scored 171 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Vacherot scored 301 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Vacherot
Aces	26	66
Avg per match	6.5	9.4
1st in	211/313	402/584
%1st in	67%	69%
1st pts	171/211	301/402
%1st pts	81%	75%
2nd pts	57/102	102/182
%2nd pts	56%	56%

Djokovic recorded 26 aces (6.5 per match). Vacherot bagged 66 aces (9.4 per match). Djokovic won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Djokovic	Vacherot
Won	9	17
Converted	9/21	17/45
% Converted	43%	38%
Conceded	14	28
Saved	11	20
% Saved	79%	71%
Times Broken	3	8

Novak broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Djokovic surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 17 times with a 38% conversion rate. Vacherot conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R2 Cilic	R3 Hanfmann	R4 Munar Clar	1/4 Bergs	Total
Score	7-62 6-4	4-6 7-5 6-3	6-3 5-7 6-2	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	23	31	29	21	104
pts	70-59	95-81	91-79	72-59	328-278
Total points	129	176	170	131	606
Winners	42	46	44	39	171
%Winners	60%	48%	48%	54%	52%
SERVE
Aces	10	7	3	6	26
Double Faults	2	1	0	1	4
1st in	50/73	54/89	58/84	49/67	211/313
% 1st in	68%	61%	69%	73%	67%
1st pts	42/50	46/54	44/58	39/49	171/211
% 1st pts	84%	85%	76%	80%	81%
2nd pts	13/23	20/35	16/26	8/18	57/102
% 2nd pts	57%	57%	62%	44%	56%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3	3	9
Converted	1/1	2/3	3/8	3/9	9/21
Converted %	100%	67%	38%	33%	43%
Conceded	4	3	2	5	14
Saved	4/4	2/3	1/2	4/5	11
Saved %	100%	67%	50%	80%	74%
Times Broken	0	1	1	1	3

Vacherot
	Q1 Basavareddy	Q3 Draxl	R1 Djere	R2 Bublik	R3 Machac	R4 Griekspoor	1/4 Rune	Total
Score	6-77 6-4 6-2	4-6 7-65 6-4	6-3 6-4	3-6 6-3 6-4	6-0 3-1 ret.	4-6 7-61 6-4	2-6 7-64 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	19
Tot Games	31	33	19	28	10	33	31	185
pts	108-94	101-96	64-52	83-80	51-27	91-93	109-110	607-552
Total points	202	197	116	163	78	184	219	1159
Winners	57	49	26	49	13	53	54	301
%Winners	53%	49%	41%	59%	25%	58%	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	20	8	4	11	3	13	7	66
Double Faults	4	0	2	4	0	1	1	12
1st in	74/100	66/96	31/55	61/83	16/26	71/103	83/121	402/584
% 1st in	74%	69%	56%	73%	62%	69%	69%	69%
1st pts	57/74	49/66	26/31	49/61	13/16	53/71	54/83	301/402
% 1st pts	77%	74%	84%	80%	81%	75%	65%	75%
2nd pts	13/26	18/30	14/24	10/22	9/10	19/32	19/38	102/182
% 2nd pts	50%	60%	58%	45%	90%	59%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	2	2	4	1	2	17
Converted	4/9	2/5	2/4	2/6	4/13	1/4	2/4	17/45
Converted %	44%	40%	50%	33%	31%	25%	50%	38%
Conceded	3	4	0	4	0	7	10	28
Saved	2/3	2/4	0/0	3/4	0/0	6/7	7/10	20
Saved %	67%	50%	–	75%	–	86%	70%	87%
Times Broken	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	8

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Andre Goransson/Alex MichelsenGoransson/Alex Michelsen – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (7-6² 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction