Denis Shapovalov and Jan-Lennard Struff will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Mercedes Cup for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11 am on Center Court.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 24, Denis will start his run in Stuttgart hoping to win his 1^st title.

The Canadian has a 13-13 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on grass

The Canadian best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Miami.

Last year in Stuttgart

Denis lost in the 1^st round 7-6⁶ 2-6 6-3 to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 45, Jan-Lennard will start his run in Stuttgart with the aspiration to win his 1^st title.

The German has a 18-14 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on grass

Struff’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in Auckland.

Last year in Stuttgart

Jan-Lennard lost in the 1^st round 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3 to Rudolf Molleker.

Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Jan-Lennard Struff

This will be the 4^th time that Denis Shapovalov and Jan-Lennard Struff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Struff won 7-6¹ 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Paris back in May 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.80
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.90

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Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 2Chall
• 4Minor

• 0Slam
• 1Main
• 6Chall
• 6Minor

Denis
Shapovalov

3:7

Jan-Lennard
Struff

Rank

56

High

10

2Hard1

0Clay2

1I.hard3

0Grass1

Rank

43

High

21

Win Loss

Shapovalov

LWWWWWWWLW

Struff

LWLWLWLLLW

2024 2023 2022

30 - 24

28 - 19

9-10

Hard

4-8

13-5

I Hard

3-4

5-6

Clay

15-5

3-3

Grass

6-2