Antoine Hoang and Alexander Shevchenko will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on PRACTICE 1. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.6
Antoine Hoang -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Antoine Hoang vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Antoine Hoang and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Antoine Hoang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 2-6 | 4-5 | 20-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 13-5 | 4-6 | 16-13 | 2-4 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 24-30 | 4-2 | 7-10 | 8-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 225, Hoang reached the 2nd round after beating Nikola Milojevic 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Milojevic, Hoang recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Hoang scored 95 points vs Milojevic’s 79. Antoine was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hoang recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Antoine Hoang lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hoang put 69% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Milojevic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Hoang has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (218-159). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hoang has a compiled86-56 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Antoine has a compiled 3-9 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Hoang has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-34 | 11-12 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-34 | 16-15 | 19-13 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-33 | 2-4 | 41-23 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 8-4 | 33-17 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264 (career-high), the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-2 6-4, Luca Van Assche 6-2 6-2 and Miljan Zekic 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Zekic, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Shevchenko scored 82 points vs Zekic’s 75. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Shevchenko wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zekic 5 times.
Shevchenko’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
The Russian has a compiled 18-8 win-loss record in 2022, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hoang | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 61 |
| Pts | 95-79 | 216-175 |
| Total Points | 174 | 391 |
| Winners | 34 | 78 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Hoang played 1 match while Shevchenko competed in 3 matches. Shevchenko started his run from the qualifications while Hoang had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Antoine Hoang surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Shevchenko surrendered 1 set. Hoang has played 4 set(s) less than Shevchenko (3 vs 7). Therefore, Hoang played 34 games less than Shevchenko. Antoine scored 34 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander recorded 78 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hoang | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 52/75 | 117/197 |
| %1st in | 69% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 78/117 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 42/80 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 53% |
Hoang fired 3 aces . Shevchenko didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hoang won 65% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hoang | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 15/22 |
| % Converted | 56% | 68% |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 20% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Hoang conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Shevchenko broke his opponents 15 times with a 68% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hoang | |||
| R1 Milojevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 95-79 | 95-79 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/75 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Shevchenko | |||||
| Q1 Sultanov | Q3 Van | R1 Zekic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 27 | 61 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 70-52 | 82-75 | 216-175 | |
| Total points | 112 | 122 | 157 | 391 | |
| Winners | 19 | 20 | 39 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 29% | 48% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/49 | 34/59 | 59/89 | 117/197 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 58% | 66% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 20/34 | 39/59 | 78/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 59% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 14/25 | 13/30 | 42/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 43% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 15/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 100% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 10/12 | 3/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 50% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
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