Andrey Rublev and Denis Shapovalov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.9
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Denis Shapovalov square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but Rublev has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 10 (career high), Rublev reached the semifinal after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-4, Ugo Humbert 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Cameron Norrie 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Norrie (6-2 6-1). During the match Rublev scored 59 points vs Norrie’s 39. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rublev managed to score 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Andrey Rublev was extremely efficent on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rublev broke Norrie 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Rublev has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (283-170). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rublev has a 81-48 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Doha where he beat Corentin Moutet in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and in Adelaide where he defeated Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-0 and in Hamburg where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.
Andrey has a 32-7 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Andrey lost in the quarter to Daniil Medvedev.
Denis Shapovalov
Ranked no. 12, Shapovalov reached the semifinal after beating Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-3, Ilya Ivashka 6-1 6-4 and Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Denis had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-4 7-5). During the match Shapovalov scored 80 points vs Wawrinka’s 71. Shapovalov was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Shapovalov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 84% (42/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 28% (7/25) on the 2nd serve. Shapovalov broke Wawrinka 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Rome.
The Canadian has a 17-11 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Denis didn’t compete in St. Petersburg in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 56 |
| Pts | 227-176 | 190-150 |
| Total Points | 403 | 340 |
| Winners | 89 | 98 |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% |
Both Rublev and Shapovalov played 3 matches. At the moment, Andrey Rublev dropped 1 set while Denis Shapovalov hasn’t lost a set so far. Rublev has played 1 set more than Shapovalov (7 vs 6). Therefore, Rublev played 9 games more than Shapovalov. Andrey scored 89 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov recorded 98 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 104/187 | 117/171 |
| %1st in | 56% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 89/104 | 98/117 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 42/83 | 22/54 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 41% |
Rublev recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Shapovalov blasted 25 aces (8.3 per match). Rublev won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/28 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 43% | 53% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Andrey dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||||
| R1 Pospisil |
R2 Humbert |
1/4 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 32 | 15 | 65 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 100-86 | 59-39 | 227-176 | |
| Total points | 119 | 186 | 98 | 403 | |
| Winners | 26 | 42 | 21 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/55 | 47/82 | 27/50 | 104/187 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 57% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 42/47 | 21/27 | 89/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 89% | 78% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/25 | 19/35 | 12/23 | 42/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 54% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 3/4 | 5/11 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 75% | 45% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 33% | 100% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Shapovalov | |||||
| R1 Troicki |
R2 Ivashka |
1/4 Wawrinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 55-40 | 80-71 | 190-150 | |
| Total points | 94 | 95 | 151 | 340 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 42 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 58% | 53% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 39/53 | 50/75 | 117/171 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 74% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 32/39 | 42/50 | 98/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 82% | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 7/14 | 7/25 | 22/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 50% | 28% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 43% | 38% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 6/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 86% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-1 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Borna CoricCoric – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
