Elmar Ejupovic and Alexander Shevchenko will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Poznan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.65
Elmar Ejupovic -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
Ranked no. 421, Ejupovic reached the 2nd round after beating Alexey Vatutin 4-6 6-2 6-3, Christopher Heyman 7-614 6-2 and David Poljak 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ejupovic had a good straight sets win against Poljak (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ejupovic scored 59 points vs Poljak’s 47. Elmar was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Ejupovic broke Poljak 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Ejupovic has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (259-176). 15-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has an overall111-87 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Bosnian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Grenoble,M25 Trimbach and M15 Troisdorf.
The Bosnian has an overall 23-10 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Poznan Challenger
The Bosnian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 441, Shevchenko got to the 2nd round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-0, Evan Furness 6-4 6-2 and Leo Borg 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Borg (7-5 6-2). During the match Shevchenko scored 74 points vs Borg’s 53. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Borg 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Shevchenko’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
The Russian has an overall 33-14 win-loss record in 2021, 28-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 52 |
| Pts | 240-204 | 197-128 |
| Total Points | 444 | 325 |
| Winners | 87 | 61 |
| %Winners | 36% | 31% |
Both Ejupovic and Shevchenko played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elmar Ejupovic lost 1 set while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set more than Shevchenko (7 vs 6). Therefore, Ejupovic played 14 games more than Shevchenko. The Bosnian scored 87 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko made 61 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 133/215 | 82/162 |
| %1st in | 62% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 87/133 | 61/82 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 50/82 | 44/80 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Ejupovic struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Shevchenko scored 8 aces (2.7 per match). Ejupovic won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 74% 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 | Ejupovic | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/31 | 16/26 |
| % Converted | 42% | 62% |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Elmar broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Elmar lost his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Shevchenko broke his opponents 16 times with a 62% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||||
| Q1 Vatutin |
Q3 Heyman |
R1 Poljak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 7-614 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 21 | 18 | 66 | |
| pts | 87-79 | 94-78 | 59-47 | 240-204 | |
| Total points | 166 | 172 | 106 | 444 | |
| Winners | 28 | 32 | 27 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 46% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 46/80 | 39/53 | 133/215 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 74% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/48 | 32/46 | 27/39 | 87/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 70% | 69% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 20/34 | 9/14 | 50/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 59% | 64% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/10 | 4/6 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 30% | 67% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 75% | 80% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Shevchenko | |||||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Q3 Furness |
R1 Borg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 61-31 | 62-44 | 74-53 | 197-128 | |
| Total points | 92 | 106 | 127 | 325 | |
| Winners | 20 | 18 | 23 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 29% | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 28/54 | 29/60 | 82/162 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | 48% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 18/28 | 23/29 | 61/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 64% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 16/26 | 16/31 | 44/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 62% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/6 | 5/12 | 16/26 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 83% | 42% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 5/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 71% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
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