Challenger · Hard

Challenger Shanghai 2026: Predictions

Shanghai, China 6 Sep 2026 – 13 Sep 2026 Best of three sets · 40 in the draw

This page follows Challenger Shanghai match by match. Each prediction weighs recent form, head-to-head meetings and results on the surface, and the best tips here have landed more than 71.8% of the time.

Picks

Still to play

71.8%

Hit rate

Names to follow

Challenger O. Jasika RS

Challenger R. Sakamoto CT

Challenger C. Tseng TD

Challenger T. Daniel BT

Challenger B. Tomić AG

Challenger A. Galarneau EY

Challenger E. Ymer RN

Challenger R. Noguchi YZ

Challenger Y. Zhou PK

Challenger P. Kotov HM

Challenger H. Matsuoka YH

Challenger Y. Hsu KU

Challenger K. Uchida PB

Challenger P. Bar Biryukov MD

Challenger M. Dellavedova SF

Challenger S. Fomin FS

Challenger F. Sun AS

Challenger A. Santillan JD

Challenger J. Delaney TW

Challenger T. Wu II

Challenger I. Ivashka YW

Challenger Y. Watanuki SP

Challenger S. Pankin MS

Challenger M. Sharipov DY

Challenger D. Yevseyev JC

Challenger J. Cui LC

Challenger L. Castelnuovo ML

Challenger M. W. K. Leong AB

Challenger A. Binda TH

Challenger T. Huang JC

Challenger J. Charlton HL

Challenger H. Liu MH

Challenger M. Haliak YZ

Challenger Y. Zeng AW

Challenger A. Wang JN

Challenger J. Nam TR

Challenger T. Rigele LX

Challenger L. Xiao JD

Challenger J. Delaney RN

Challenger R. Nakamura

The tournament in numbers

71.8%

BananaCore hit rate

79%

Won in straight sets

21%

Went to a decider

44%

Matches with a tiebreak

2.2

Average sets per match

Round by round

Final 1

1 ▾1.83

1 ▾1.83

Semi-Finals 2

2 ▾1.24

2 ▾1.24

1 ▴1.83

O19.5 ▾1.21

Quarter-Finals 4

2 2.07

O20.5 ▴1.5

2 ▾1.85

2 ▾1.85

2 ▾1.73

O20.5 ▴1.46

1 2.95

U23.5 ▾1.57

Round of 16 8

10 Sep 2026

2 ▾1.66

2 ▾1.66

2 ▴1.9

2 ▴1.9

2 1.5

2 1.5

1 ▾1.42

O20.5 ▾1.47

9 Sep 2026

1 ▾1.27

1 ▾1.27

1 ▾1.51

1 ▾1.51

2 ▾1.05

2 ▾1.05

2 ▾1.55

2 ▾1.55

3rd Round 16

8 Sep 2026

2 ▴3.2

2 ▴3.2

1 ▴1.88

O20.5 ▾1.45

1 ▴2.25

O20.5 1.56

O18.5 ▾1.39

2 ▾1.25

2 ▾1.25

2 ▴1.42

2 ▴1.42

2 ▾2.38

U24.5 ▾1.67

1 ▴1.87

1 ▴1.87

1 ▴1.07

1 ▴1.07

1 ▾1.74

1 ▾1.74

7 Sep 2026

1 ▴1.34

U23.5 ▾1.64

1 ▾1.34

1 ▾1.34

2 ▾1.45

U24.5 ▾1.65

1 ▴4.4

U23.5 ▴1.48

1 ▴1.72

1 ▴1.72

1 ▴4.3

O18.5 ▴1.4

Qualifying 8

7 Sep 2026

1 ▾1.42

1 ▾1.42

2 ▴2.85

O22.5 ▴2.15

1 ▾1.41

1 ▾1.41

1 ▴1.21

1 ▴1.21

6 Sep 2026

2 ▴1.24

2 ▴1.24

2 ▾1.1

0:2 ▾1.16

2 ▾1.73

2 ▾1.73

2 ▾1.72

2 ▾1.72

Hard

Every forecast here leans hardest on how players do on hard courts.

Main draw

Best of three sets

Format

Challenger Shanghai 2026 in numbers

Purse: 81,240 USD. Our best tips here: 71% correct from 39 settled matches.

R. Sakamoto, world No. 157, headed a field of 40 players from 14 countries. I. Ivashka needed a final set to beat M. Sharipov in the title match. Biggest surprise: J. Nam (then No. 1038) beating world No. 157 R. Sakamoto.

No match went longer than P. Bar Biryukov vs D. Yevseyev, at 34 games. Tiebreaks were everywhere, in 17 of the 39 finished matches (44%).

Common questions

Is Challenger Shanghai a clay, grass or hard-court event?

Surface at Challenger Shanghai: Hard. Since conditions change how points are won, the predictions here weigh each player's results on that surface above the overall record.

What is our hit rate at Challenger Shanghai?

71.8% of our best tips at Challenger Shanghai have come in, over 39 settled matches. The number updates after every result, so it moves as the event goes on.

What number of Challenger Shanghai matches carry a prediction?

39 at Challenger Shanghai so far, each with a winner pick, a predicted set score, a games line and the serve and break-point figures behind them.

What are the dates of Challenger Shanghai?

Our records place Challenger Shanghai between 6 Sep 2026 and 13 Sep 2026. Dates move a little from one year to the next, and predictions for the new edition appear as soon as its draw is published.

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