Denis Shapovalov and Pablo Cuevas will face off in the semifinal of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.45
Pablo Cuevas -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Pablo Cuevas
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Shapovalov and Pablo Cuevas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cuevas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cuevas won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2018.
Denis Shapovalov
Ranked no. 15, the Canadian got to the semifinal after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-74 7-5 6-1 and Laslo Djere 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Denis had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shapovalov scored 71 points vs Djere’s 62. Shapovalov was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shapovalov bagged 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Shapovalov broke Djere 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Shapovalov has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (212-130). 6-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shapovalov has a compiled62-30 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Canadian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.
Shapovalov has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 102, Cuevas got to the semifinal after defeating Jakub Paul 6-3 4-6 6-3, Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-4, Reilly Opelka 7-65 6-2, Arthur Cazaux 6-2 6-4 and Grigor Dimitrov 7-63 6-3.
In the quarter, The Uruguayan had a good straight sets win against Dimitrov (7-63 6-3). During the match Cuevas scored 71 points vs Dimitrov’s 59. Pablo was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Cuevas scored 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Cuevas was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pablo broke Dimitrov once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Uruguayan has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shapovalov | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 107 |
| Pts | 182-152 | 361-286 |
| Total Points | 334 | 647 |
| Winners | 82 | 166 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Shapovalov played 2 matches while Cuevas competed in 5 matches. Cuevas started his run from the qualifications while Shapovalov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Shapovalov dropped 1 set, while Pablo Cuevas lost 1 set. Shapovalov has played 6 set(s) less than Cuevas (5 vs 11). Therefore, Shapovalov played 55 games less than Cuevas. Denis scored 82 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Uruguayan bagged 166 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shapovalov | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 1.4 |
| 1st in | 100/171 | 216/312 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 82/100 | 166/216 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 35/71 | 53/96 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 55% |
Shapovalov struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Cuevas recorded 7 aces (1.4 per match). Shapovalov won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Cuevas won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shapovalov | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 47% | 47% |
| Conceded | 14 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 11 |
| % Saved | 86% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Shapovalov broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Shapovalov lost his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Uruguayan broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Uruguayan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shapovalov | ||||
| R2 Cecchinato |
1/4 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 111-90 | 71-62 | 182-152 | |
| Total points | 201 | 133 | 334 | |
| Winners | 50 | 32 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 2 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 42/71 | 100/171 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 50/58 | 32/42 | 82/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 14/29 | 35/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 8/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 89% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cuevas | |||||||
| Q1 Paul |
Q3 Giustino |
R1 Opelka |
R2 Cazaux |
1/4 Dimitrov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-65 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 107 | |
| pts | 99-86 | 60-45 | 72-56 | 59-40 | 71-59 | 361-286 | |
| Total points | 185 | 105 | 128 | 99 | 130 | 647 | |
| Winners | 37 | 28 | 35 | 28 | 38 | 166 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% | 49% | 47% | 54% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 42/53 | 42/64 | 35/46 | 47/63 | 216/312 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 79% | 66% | 76% | 75% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 28/42 | 35/42 | 28/35 | 38/47 | 166/216 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 83% | 80% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 7/11 | 11/22 | 8/11 | 11/16 | 53/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 64% | 50% | 73% | 69% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/4 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 20% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 75% | 100% | – | 100% | 169% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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L Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
