Anton Shepp vs Lingxi ZhaoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- M25 Luan
- Level
- ITF M25
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 7 · 1:21 AM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 1.26 or shorter, Anton Shepp has won 20 of 23 (87%). The price implied 79%, so Anton Shepp has beaten it by 8 points.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Anton Shepp meets Lingxi Zhao in the first round of the M25 Luan on October 7 on hard court. The two have never played each other. Shepp, ranked 504, arrives as the higher-seeded player, while Zhao sits at 1844 and brings momentum from five matches in the past two weeks.
Zhao has won 14 of his last 20 hard court matches and is riding a three-match winning streak after playing just yesterday. Shepp has dropped his last three and won only one of his last five; he last competed seventeen days ago. On hard court over a recent stretch, Shepp holds a 40% record at 8-12 while Zhao stands at 70% with a 14-6 mark.
Shepp is a versatile all-court player who can dictate from the baseline and approach the net when the ball allows. Zhao operates as a counterpuncher, reading the court and responding to what his opponent gives him. The match will test whether Shepp can impose his game and control points early, or whether Zhao's reactive style and current rhythm can neutralize a player fighting to break out of his slump.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shepp | Zhao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Anton Shepp | Lingxi Zhao | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 37/46 | 92% | 11/12 |
| Wins a set when losing | 29% | 7/24 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 23% | 16/70 | 16% | 3/19 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 65% | 28/43 | 50% | 2/4 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 45% | 9/20 | 20% | 1/5 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 56% | 9/16 | 40% | 2/5 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 43/45 | 92% | 12/13 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 82% | 37/45 | 85% | 11/13 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shepp
👑 The Complete Package
Zhao
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,800 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Anton Shepp.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Shepp and Zhao have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Shepp | Zhao | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Anton Shepp | Lingxi Zhao | ||
| 1 or more | 100% | 7/7 | 80% | 4/5 |
| 3 or more | 86% | 6/7 | 60% | 3/5 |
| 5 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 40% | 2/5 |
| 10 or more | 29% | 2/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/5 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shepp | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–8 | 3–2 |
| Avg odds | 2.60 | 1.72 |
| ROI % | -55.2% | -14.4% |
| Units P/L | -6.07u | -0.72u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Shepp has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Zhao's 67%).
| Opponent | Shepp | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Dembo | W 60 60 | W 76 16 104 |
| Rowan Blackbeard | W 60 61 | W 61 64 |
| Kasidit Samrej | W 64 16 63 | L 46 67 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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Sep 20
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Sep 19
Nathan Anthony Barki
M15 Bali · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Hitesh Chauhan
M15 Bali · 1st Round
Sep 8
Mathys Erhard
Manacor Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 31
Lui Maxted
Roehampton 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 24
Mark Ceban
Roehampton 1 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 17
Evan Zhu
Vancouver Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 27
Jake Dembo
M25 Luan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Shaoyun Liu
M25 Luan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Tzu-Yuan Tseng
M25 Luan · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 4
Yue Xia
M15 Luan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Weichao Huang
M15 Luan · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 27
Nino Ehrenschneider
M25 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 15
Tianhui Zhang
M15 Maanshan · Quarterfinals
Aug 28
Fitriadi M Rifqi
M15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 19–70 matches
| Metric | Shepp | Zhao |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 66% | 63% |
| Sets won | 63% | 63% |
| Games won | 56% | 55% |