Alexander Shevchenko and Sergi Perez Contri will square off in the quarter of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.29
Sergi Perez Contri -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Sergi Perez Contri
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Sergi Perez Contri since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-34 | 16-15 | 19-13 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-33 | 2-4 | 41-23 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 8-4 | 33-17 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-8 | 13-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 107, Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Billy Harris 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Miguel Damas 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-4 7-65). During the match, Shevchenko scored 88 points vs Damas’s 80. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 52% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Damas 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (200-114). 3-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has an aggregate148-78 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2.
Alexander has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Sergi Perez Contri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-30 | 7-7 | 25-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-27 | 11-7 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 10-7 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 662 (career-high), Sergi got to the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 7-611 3-6 6-1 and Marco Trungelliti 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-2 6-3). During the match Perez Contri scored 71 points vs Trungelliti’s 57. Sergi was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Perez Contri scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sergi Perez Contri lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Perez Contri put 64% of his first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Opatija.
Sergi has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2023, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Perez Contri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 46 |
| Pts | 180-166 | 175-148 |
| Total Points | 346 | 323 |
| Winners | 59 | 60 |
| %Winners | 33% | 34% |
Both Shevchenko and Perez Contri played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Shevchenko conceded 1 set, while Sergi Perez Contri conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Perez Contri have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shevchenko played 4 games more than Perez Contri. The Russian scored 59 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 60 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Perez Contri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 88/171 | 109/174 |
| %1st in | 51% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 59/88 | 60/109 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 40/83 | 37/65 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Shevchenko fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Perez Contri blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Shevchenko won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Perez Contri won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Perez Contri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 12/18 |
| % Converted | 43% | 67% |
| Conceded | 17 | 22 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 59% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 8 |
Alexander broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | ||||
| R1 Harris |
R2 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| pts | 92-86 | 88-80 | 180-166 | |
| Total points | 178 | 168 | 346 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/89 | 43/82 | 88/171 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 52% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 27/43 | 59/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 19/39 | 40/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 49% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/12 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 42% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 60% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Perez Contri | |||||
| Q1 Harris |
R1 Vatutin |
R2 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-4 | 7-611 3-6 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 29 | 17 | 78 | |
| pts | – | 104-91 | 71-57 | 175-148 | |
| Total points | 0 | 195 | 128 | 323 | |
| Winners | 34 | 26 | 60 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 33% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | / | 63/102 | 46/72 | 109/174 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | / | 34/63 | 26/46 | 60/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 54% | 57% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 20/39 | 17/26 | 37/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 51% | 65% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Converted | / | 8/12 | 4/6 | 12/18 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 | 22 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 7/14 | 7/8 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 88% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
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