Prediction Of Cobolli Vs Wawrinka H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024?

What Time Will Flavio Cobolli Play Against Stan Wawrinka?

Cobolli and Wawrinka are on the Day 4 Schedule at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 on Saturday 5 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Flavio Cobolli and Stan Wawrinka will face each other for the first time in their careers. Cobolli is a 22-year-old Italian player currently ranked 30th in the world, which is his career-high ranking achieved in October 2024. He broke into the top 200 in January 2022 and the top 100 in October 2023. Cobolli reached his first ATP Tour final in Washington and has a record of 33-25 in 2024, including a quarterfinal appearance in Shanghai.

Some notable wins for Cobolli this year include defeating Americans Shelton, who was ranked 15th at the time, to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal in Geneva. He also defeated Shelton again, as well as No. 13 Paul, in the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati first round. In Grand Slam tournaments, Cobolli reached the third round as a qualifier in the Australian Open, defeating 18th-ranked Jarry in the first round, and as the 31st seed in the US Open.

Cobolli made his ATP Tour main draw debut in Parma in 2021, where he saved match points against Giron to win in three sets. He has also won Challenger titles in Zadar and Lisbon, as well as reaching the finals in Rome-2, Barletta, and Olbia.

As a junior, Cobolli reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 and won the boys’ doubles title at Roland Garros in 2020 with Stricker.

In the 2024 ATP Tour, Cobolli currently leads in deciding set wins, with a record of 17-9 in such sets. His age and recent success have led to him making his Shanghai debut and being seeded at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in his career.

On the other hand, Stan Wawrinka is a 39-year-old Swiss player currently ranked 236th in the world. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 3 in 2014 and ended the years 2014-2016 ranked No. 4. Wawrinka has had multiple surgeries on his left knee and left foot over the years. He has an impressive record of five wins over players ranked No. 1 in the world at Grand Slam tournaments, including winning the Australian Open in 2014, Roland Garros in 2015, and the US Open in 2016.

Wawrinka is one of three players to have defeated Djokovic, Federer, Murray, and Nadal at Grand Slam tournaments, along with Berdych and Tsonga. He has won 16 singles titles, including an ATP Masters 1000 title at Monte Carlo in 2014, where he defeated fellow Swiss player Federer.

In terms of his recent performance, Wawrinka won his first-round match against Mpetshi Perricard, making him the third oldest player in ATP Masters 1000 series history to achieve a victory. He aims to win back-to-back matches for the first time since reaching the US Open third round last year.

The match between Cobolli and Wawrinka will take place on Grandstand 2.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cobolli will win.
Matchstat.com has an Artificial Intelligence (Ai) prediction model that is trained on all professional ATP and WTA past matches.

To find out who our model thinks will win for Flavio Cobolli vs Stan Wawrinka, have a look at the prediction here:

Matchstat.com Flavio Cobolli vs Stan Wawrinka prediction.