Mats Moraing and Alexander Shevchenko will face off in the quarter of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 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 Mats Moraing who should win in 2 sets.
Mats Moraing -> 1.24
Alexander Shevchenko -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Mats Moraing vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Mats Moraing and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mats Moraing
Ranked no. 158, Mats reached the quarter after beating Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-4 and Maximilian Marterer 7-65 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mats defeated Marterer (7-65 2-6 6-4). During the match, Moraing scored 98 points vs Marterer’s 97. Moraing was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moraing submerged his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mats Moraing lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Moraing put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (48/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Moraing broke Marterer once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Moraing has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (327-196). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moraing has an overall79-48 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Forli Challenger where he defeated Quentin Halys in the final 3-6 6-1 7-5 and in the Tulln Challenger where he overcame Hugo Gaston in the final 6-2 6-1.
Moraing has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Mats has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 356, the Russian reached the quarter after beating Aleksi Lofman 6-3 6-3, Kyrian Jacquet 6-2 6-1 and Matthias Bachinger 7-66 5-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bachinger (7-66 5-1 ret.). During the match Shevchenko scored 66 points vs Bachinger’s 57. Shevchenko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Bachinger twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
Alexander has a compiled 48-26 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moraing | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 67 |
| Pts | 162-140 | 253-187 |
| Total Points | 302 | 440 |
| Winners | 78 | 74 |
| %Winners | 48% | 29% |
Moraing played 2 matches while Shevchenko competed in 4 matches. Shevchenko started his run from the qualifications while Moraing had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mats Moraing surrendered 1 set while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Moraing has played 4 set(s) less than Shevchenko (5 vs 9). Therefore, Moraing played 17 games less than Shevchenko. The German scored 78 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko blasted 74 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moraing | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 44 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 22 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 90/141 | 86/191 |
| %1st in | 64% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 78/90 | 74/86 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 26/51 | 58/105 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 55% |
Moraing bagged 44 aces (22 per match). Shevchenko blasted 22 aces (5.5 per match). Moraing won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 86% 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 | Moraing | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 18 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 18/27 |
| % Converted | 43% | 67% |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 78% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Moraing broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Moraing dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shevchenko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moraing | ||||
| R1 Kovalik | R2 Marterer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 98-97 | 162-140 | |
| Total points | 107 | 195 | 302 | |
| Winners | 30 | 48 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 56/92 | 90/141 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 48/56 | 78/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 86% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 16/36 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/4 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 25% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 78% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Shevchenko | ||||||
| Q1 Lofman | Q3 Jacquet | R1 Jacquet | R2 Bachinger | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-66 5-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 67 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 63-42 | 63-42 | 66-57 | 253-187 | |
| Total points | 107 | 105 | 105 | 123 | 440 | |
| Winners | 19 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 19% | 19% | 47% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 14/40 | 14/40 | 36/65 | 86/191 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 35% | 35% | 55% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 12/14 | 12/14 | 31/36 | 74/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 14/26 | 14/26 | 15/29 | 58/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 54% | 54% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 18/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 75% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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