Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov will square off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.36
Denis Shapovalov -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 12th time that Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov clash against each other. The head to head is 6-5 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 7-5 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2025.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Denis Shapovalov – Miami 24-March-2025
Taylor Fritz
38 - 20win/loss
13
4
WLWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-20 | 19-12 | 0-2 | 8-3 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-23 | 31-12 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 13-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 13, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 7-63). During the match, Fritz scored 82 points vs Hijikata’s 68. Fritz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz made 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taylor Fritz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (39/45) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taylor broke Hijikata once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Fritz has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (418-233). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has a compiled 63-45 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Washington where he beat Rafael Jodar in the final 7-6(2) 6-4.
Taylor has a composed 38-20 win-loss record in 2026, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Denis Shapovalov
22 - 20win/loss
52
10
WLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-20 | 15-11 | 2-5 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 2-5 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 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 |
Ranked no. 52, Shapovalov reached the 2nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Bertola (6-4 6-2). During the match Shapovalov scored 66 points vs Bertola’s 42. The Canadian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Shapovalov bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Shapovalov was very efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shapovalov broke Bertola 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Shapovalov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Los Cabos.
Denis has a compiled 22-20 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fritz | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 |
| Pts | 82-68 | 66-42 |
| Total Points | 150 | 108 |
| Winners | 39 | 25 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Fritz and Shapovalov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Fritz played 5 games more than Shapovalov. The American scored 39 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov struck 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fritz | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 6 |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 28/44 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 39/45 | 25/28 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 63% |
Fritz made 19 aces . Shapovalov bagged 6 aces . Fritz won 87% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% 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 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fritz | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 20% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Fritz broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Shapovalov broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fritz | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 82-68 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 45/73 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/45 | 39/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shapovalov | |||
| R1 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-42 | 66-42 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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