Denis Shapovalov and Ilya Ivashka will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.25
Ilya Ivashka -> 4.15

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Ilya Ivashka

This will be the 2^nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Ilya Ivashka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 12, Denis got to the 2^nd round after defeating Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Troicki (6-2 6-3). During the match Shapovalov scored 55 points vs Troicki’s 39. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shapovalov bagged 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Denis Shapovalov was quite efficent on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Troicki 4 times.

Shapovalov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (212-120). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shapovalov has a 48-29 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

Denis’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Rome.

Denis has a 15-11 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in St. Petersburg

The Canadian didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.

Ilya Ivashka

Ranked no. 141, Ilya reached the 2^nd round after defeating Max Purcell 7-5 6-4, Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-1 and Adrian Mannarino 6-3 7-6⁶.

In the 1^st round, Ivashka had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-3 7-6⁶). During the match Ivashka scored 76 points vs Mannarino’s 67. Ivashka was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Ivashka bagged 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Ivashka put 75% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Mannarino 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Belarussian has a 15-11 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in St. Petersburg

Ivashka lost in the 1^st round to Andrey Rublev.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Shapovalov played 1 match while Ivashka competed in 3 matches. Ivashka started his run from the qualifications while Shapovalov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Shapovalov has played 4 set(s) less than Ivashka (2 vs 6). Therefore, Shapovalov played 46 games less than Ivashka. The Canadian scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian managed to score 108 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Shapovalov struck 10 aces . Ivashka scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Shapovalov won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Ivashka won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Canadian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Belarussian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 3Main
• 2Chall
• 4Minor

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• 4Chall
• 3Minor

Denis
Shapovalov

3:1

Ilya
Ivashka

Rank

56

High

10

2Hard0

0Clay1

1I.hard0

Rank

602

High

40

Win Loss

Shapovalov

LWWWWWWWLW

Ivashka

LL

2024 2023 2022

30 - 24

0 - 2

9-10

Hard

0-2

13-5

I Hard

0-0

5-6

Clay

0-0

3-3

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-5 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-1 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction

Shapovalov

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Ivashka