H2H, PREDICTION Taylor Fritz vs Denis Shapovalov | Tokyo odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov

Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov will play each other in the semifinal of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.86
Taylor Fritz -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov

This will be the 6th time that Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the 2nd round in San diego back in 2021.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Taylor Fritz – San diego 30-September-2021

Taylor Fritz

Taylor Fritz
Taylor Fritz

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
6
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-21 22-10 15-7 2-2 10-2 0-0
2023 54-24 35-11 11-6 5-3 3-4 0-0
2022 46-21 24-8 5-3 9-7 8-3 0-0
2021 34-22 20-13 4-5 8-3 2-1 0-0
2020 15-16 11-9 2-3 2-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 11 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after defeating James Duckworth 6-2 6-72 6-1, Hiroki Moriya 6-1 3-6 6-4 and Nick Kyrgios w/o.

In the quarter, Taylor defeated Kyrgios (w/o). During the match, Fritz and Kyrgios scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 11 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Taylor was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Talking about the service games, Fritz couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Taylor Fritz conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taylor has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (291-189). 22-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Fritz has an aggregate176-100 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Indian Wells where he overcame Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 7-6(5) and in Eastbourne where he beat Maxime Cressy in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 7-6(4).

Taylor has an aggregate 39-17 win-loss record in 2022, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Fritz
Tokyo
Fritz's Record

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov
Denis Shapovalov

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
78
High
10
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-24 9-10 5-6 14-5 3-3 0-0
2023 13-13 6-6 3-3 0-1 4-3 0-0
2022 34-26 22-12 4-4 7-6 1-4 0-0
2021 30-23 11-11 7-6 4-3 8-3 0-0
2020 17-15 8-6 5-2 4-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 22, Shapovalov reached the semifinal after beating Steve Johnson 6-3 7-63, Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-1 and Borna Coric 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Denis had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-4 6-3). During the match Shapovalov scored 59 points vs Coric’s 45. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Shapovalov recorded 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Coric 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Seoul.

The Canadian has a compiled 27-20 win-loss record in 2022, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shapovalov
Tokyo
Shapovalov's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Fritz
D.Shapovalov
3h:45
3h:45
Time on court​
3h:35
3h:35
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
54
54
Games Played​
57
57
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
186
186
Total points​
187
187
93
93
Avg point​
62.3
62.3
84
84
Winners
93
93
42
42
Avg Winners​
31
31
45%
45%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
38
38
Aces
25
25
!
19
19
Avg Aces
8.3
8.3
4
4
Double Faults
9
9
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
84/104
84/104
1st won total​
93/104
93/104
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
25/57
25/57
2nd won total​
22/41
22/41
44%
44%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
10/19
10/19
BP won
9/15
9/15
5/9.5
5/9.5
Avg BP won
3/5
3/5
!
53%
53%
Won
!
60%
60%
10
10
Conceded
1
1
5
5
Avg Conceded
0.3
0.3
4
4
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
6
6
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Fritz Shapovalov
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 54 57
Pts 186-148 187-133
Total Points 334 320
Winners 84 93
%Winners 45% 50%

Fritz played 2 matches while Shapovalov competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Taylor Fritz surrendered 2 sets while Denis Shapovalov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Fritz played 3 games less than Shapovalov. The American scored 84 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian recorded 93 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Fritz Shapovalov
Aces 38 25
Avg per match 19 8.3
1st in 104/161 104/145
%1st in 65% 72%
1st pts 84/104 93/104
%1st pts 81% 89%
2nd pts 25/57 22/41
%2nd pts 44% 54%

Fritz bagged 38 aces (19 per match). Shapovalov struck 25 aces (8.3 per match). Fritz won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Fritz Shapovalov
Won 10 9
Converted 10/19 9/15
% Converted 53% 60%
Conceded 10 1
Saved 6 0
% Saved 60% 0%
Times Broken 4 1

Taylor broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Fritz
R1
Duckworth
R2
Moriya
1/4
Kyrgios
Total
Score 6-2 6-72 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-4 w/o
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 28 26 54
pts 95-71 91-77 186-148
Total points 166 168 334
Winners 50 34 84
%Winners 53% 37% 45%
SERVE
Aces 24 14 38
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 57/82 47/79 104/161
% 1st in 70% 59% 65%
1st pts 50/57 34/47 84/104
% 1st pts 88% 72% 81%
2nd pts 9/25 16/32 25/57
% 2nd pts 36% 50% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/8 5/11 10/19
Converted % 63% 45% 53%
Conceded 4 6 10
Saved 3/4 3/6 6
Saved % 75% 50% 42%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Shapovalov
R1
Johnson
R2
Noguchi
1/4
Coric
Total
Score 6-3 7-63 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 22 16 19 57
pts 71-54 57-34 59-45 187-133
Total points 125 91 104 320
Winners 37 25 31 93
%Winners 52% 44% 53% 50%
SERVE
Aces 11 5 9 25
Double Faults 2 2 5 9
1st in 38/50 31/43 35/52 104/145
% 1st in 76% 72% 67% 72%
1st pts 37/38 25/31 31/35 93/104
% 1st pts 97% 81% 89% 89%
2nd pts 8/12 7/12 7/17 22/41
% 2nd pts 67% 58% 41% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 4 3 9
Converted 2/5 4/6 3/4 9/15
Converted % 40% 67% 75% 60%
Conceded 0 0 1 1
Saved 0/0 0/0 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Fritz
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Shapovalov
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2024 2023 2022
48 - 21
28 - 24
22-10
Hard
9-10
1-2
I Hard
11-5
15-7
Clay
5-6
10-2
Grass
3-3

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