Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Rafael Jodar Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Shanghai Masters

Prediction published on 17/10/2026, 09:40  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/10/2026 at 10:39 in ATP Shanghai Masters Predictions

Both of the Shanghai Masters semi-finals saw the lower seed be victorious. 25th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina faces fellow Spaniard 12th-seeded Rafael Jodar in the final of this outdoor hard court tournament. Both players have had a series of long matches so far and our prediction here is more than 22.5 games.

Rafael Jodar beat Daniil Medvedev in straight sets to reach this final. That was his best win of the tournament by far. All four of his previous matches had all gone to a deciding set with more than 22.5 games played.  Seven of his last ten matches in singles tournaments played over the best-of-three-sets have seen at least 23 games played.

This is his second outdoor hard court final of the year.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is below his opponent in the seedings and rankings, but he won the recent Chengdu Open.

The Spaniard defeated top seed Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals, doing so in three sets after losing the opening set to the world number two.

Fokina has also had wins over Jenson Brooksby, Frances Tiafoe, Hubert Hurkacz and Arthur Gea. The latter only lasted five games before his opponent retired.

He has played more than 22.5 games in each of his last three completed matches.