Denis Shapovalov and Gilles Simon will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on bett1 Center 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 Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.29
Gilles Simon -> 3.74

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This will be the 3^rd time that Denis Shapovalov and Gilles Simon clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 12, Denis will start his run in Cologne after he played his last match in St Petersburg where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Rublev in the semifinal the 17^th of October.

Denis has a 17-12 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Shapovalov’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Rome and St. Petersburg.

Talking about his overall career, Denis has an overall 214-121 record. He has positive 50-30 record on indoor hard courts.

Last year in Cologne

Shapovalov didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.

Gilles Simon

Ranked no. 58, the French player reached the 2^nd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Gilles had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-3 7-5). During the match Simon scored 70 points vs Thompson’s 51. Simon was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Simon fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gilles Simon was quite effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. the French player broke Thompson 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Simon’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in Marseille.

Gilles has a 11-13 win-loss record in 2020, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Cologne

Gilles didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.

Head 2 Head

• 0Slam
• 3Main
• 2Chall
• 4Minor

• 0Slam
• 14Main
• 2Chall
• 4Minor

Denis
Shapovalov

2:1

Gilles
Simon

Rank

56

High

10

1Clay0

1I.hard1

Rank

464

High

6

Win Loss

Shapovalov

LWWWWWWWLW

Simon

2024 2023 2022

30 - 24

0 - 0

9-10

Hard

0-0

13-5

I Hard

0-0

5-6

Clay

0-0

3-3

Grass

0-0

Tennis Scores in Cologne

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevZverev – John MillmanMillman (6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 7-6² 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oscar OtteOtte – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-0) – H2H and prediction

Shapovalov

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Simon