Denis Shapovalov and Pedro Martinez Portero will square off in the 2^nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11 am on Campo Centrale. 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 -> 1.33
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Pedro Martinez Portero since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 14, the Canadian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Guido Pella 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Shapovalov had a good straight sets win against Pella (6-2 6-3). During the match Shapovalov scored 67 points vs Pella’s 51. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shapovalov scored 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Denis Shapovalov was extremely efficent on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Pella 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Shapovalov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (207-118). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shapovalov has a 56-25 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

Shapovalov has a 10-9 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

Denis lost in the 2^nd round to Novak Djokovic.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 109, the Spaniard got to the 2^nd round after defeating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-0, Matteo Viola 4-6 6-2 6-4, Andrej Martin 6-3 6-2 and Sam Querrey 6-3 7-6³.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Querrey (6-3 7-6³). During the match Martinez Portero scored 76 points vs Querrey’s 70. Martinez Portero was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Martinez Portero scored 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Querrey twice.

Pedro has a 21-9 win-loss record in 2020, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rome

The Spaniard didn’t play in Rome in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Shapovalov played 1 match while Martinez Portero competed in 4 matches. Martinez Portero started his run from the qualifications while Shapovalov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pedro Martinez Portero dropped 1 set while Denis Shapovalov hasn’t lost a set so far. Shapovalov has played 7 set(s) less than Martinez Portero (2 vs 9). Therefore, Shapovalov played 66 games less than Martinez Portero. The Canadian scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 127 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Shapovalov blasted 7 aces . Martinez Portero bagged 17 aces (4.3 per match). Shapovalov won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Denis broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Denis had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponents 16 times with a 43% conversion rate. Martinez Portero conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Denis
Shapovalov

1:0

Pedro
Martinez Portero

Rank

56

High

10

1Clay0

Rank

41

High

39

Win Loss

Shapovalov

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Martinez Portero

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2024 2023 2022

30 - 24

36 - 30

9-10

Hard

7-9

13-5

I Hard

2-5

5-6

Clay

27-13

3-3

Grass

0-3

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Marin CilicCilic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico CoriaCoria (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-7⁹ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Borna CoricCoric (7-6² 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – John MillmanMillman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Shapovalov

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Martinez Portero