Medvedev vs Struff preview: Shanghai Round 2
Daniil Medvedev meets Jan-Lennard Struff in Shanghai on Saturday. Their latest meeting was in Beijing earlier this month, where Medvedev won in straight sets.
Daniil Medvedev and Jan-Lennard Struff meet in the second round of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 on Saturday 10 October, with the match scheduled for 05:00 UK time. The tournament is played on outdoor hard courts.
The quick turnaround brings the players together again after their Beijing meeting on 3 October. Medvedev took that match 6-4, 6-3, giving this Shanghai tie a recent head-to-head reference point, though the conditions and occasion are different.
Medvedev vs Struff head-to-head record
Medvedev has won the pair’s most recent meeting, as well as their two encounters in February 2025 in Dubai and Marseille. Struff’s win came at Wimbledon in July 2026, while their earlier Wimbledon match in 2024 went to Medvedev.
The latest result is particularly relevant because it came only a week before this Shanghai match and on the same China swing. Medvedev won in straight sets in Beijing, but one result does not settle how a new match will develop; the Shanghai contest is a separate round on a different day.
Recent form and rankings
Medvedev arrives after a run of five recorded wins, including victories over Struff and Francisco Cerundolo in Beijing. His other listed wins came against Pablo Carreno-Busta in Beijing and Andrey Rublev and Roman Safiullin in Hangzhou. Each of those matches finished 2-0 in sets.
Struff’s latest result was a 2-0 win over Martin Landaluce in Shanghai on 8 October. His recent list also includes a 2-0 victory over Tirante in Beijing and a three-set win over Carabelli at the US Open, alongside defeats to Medvedev and Cerundolo. In the current ATP rankings, Medvedev is fifth with 4,010 points and Struff is 59th with 949.
What to expect on Shanghai’s outdoor hard courts
Both players have competed in China in the weeks leading into Shanghai, with Beijing forming part of their recent schedule. Their familiarity with the conditions on this leg of the tour offers context, but the match remains a fresh test on outdoor hard courts and at Masters 1000 level.
Medvedev’s recent results and higher ranking provide one side of the comparison, while Struff arrives having already won a match in Shanghai. No recent source-confirmed fitness or withdrawal update has been reported for either player. Those details frame the preview without removing the uncertainty that comes with a tennis match.
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