Denis Shapovalov and Roman Safiullin will face off in the semifinal of the the ATP Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.188
Roman Safiullin -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-24 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 8-6 | 5-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Denis reached the semifinal after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-65 4-6 6-3.
In the previous match, Shapovalov defeated Struff (7-65 4-6 6-3). During the match, Shapovalov scored 114 points vs Struff’s 104. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shapovalov blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Denis Shapovalov was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (60/85) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Denis broke Struff once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Shapovalov has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (230-144). 1-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shapovalov has an overall97-62 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Shapovalov has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 167, Safiullin got to the semifinal after beating Arthur Rinderknech 2-6 7-5 6-3 and James Duckworth 7-66 6-4.
The Russian has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shapovalov | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 52 |
| Pts | 114-104 | 193-176 |
| Total Points | 218 | 369 |
| Winners | 60 | 75 |
| %Winners | 53% | 39% |
Shapovalov played 1 match while Safiullin competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Shapovalov surrendered 1 set, while Roman Safiullin lost 1 set. Shapovalov has played 2 set(s) less than Safiullin (3 vs 5). Therefore, Shapovalov played 20 games less than Safiullin. Denis scored 60 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin bagged 75 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shapovalov | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 85/112 | 109/184 |
| %1st in | 76% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 60/85 | 75/109 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 38/75 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 51% |
Shapovalov made 9 aces . Safiullin scored 14 aces (7 per match). Shapovalov won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shapovalov | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 8 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 25% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 24 |
| Saved | 5 | 17 |
| % Saved | 83% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Shapovalov broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Denis lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Safiullin conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shapovalov | ||||
| Round Robin Struff |
Round Robin Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 52 | |
| pts | 114-104 | – | 114-104 | |
| Total points | 218 | 0 | 218 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | ||
| %Winners | 53% | 0% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 85/112 | / | 85/112 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 0% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 60/85 | / | 60/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 0% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | / | 19/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 0% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | ||
| Converted | 1/4 | / | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 0% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
| Safiullin | |||||
| Round Robin Sinner |
Round Robin Duckworth |
Round Robin Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | 7-66 6-4 | 2-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 29 | 74 | |
| pts | – | 90-73 | 103-103 | 193-176 | |
| Total points | 0 | 163 | 206 | 369 | |
| Winners | 29 | 46 | 75 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 32% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | / | 36/62 | 73/122 | 109/184 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | / | 29/36 | 46/73 | 75/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 81% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 15/26 | 23/49 | 38/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 58% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | / | 4/14 | 4/7 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 29% | 57% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 | 24 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 2/5 | 15/19 | 17 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 79% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
Head 2 Head
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