Andrey Kuznetsov and Alexander Shevchenko will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on COURT 9. 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 -> 1.9
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Kuznetsov vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Andrey Kuznetsov and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andrey Kuznetsov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-16 | 2-6 | 6-7 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-21 | 14-5 | 8-8 | 14-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 215, Andrey got to the quarter after beating Milos Karol 7-63 7-63 and Louis Wessels 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kuznetsov had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kuznetsov scored 66 points vs Wessels’s 45. Andrey was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuznetsov recorded 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Andrey Kuznetsov was quite effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Andrey broke Wessels 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kuznetsov hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Kuznetsov has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (208-156). 6-6 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuznetsov has an aggregate 92-64 match record in the last years on clay.
The Russian has an aggregate 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 24-8 | 13-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 237, Shevchenko reached the quarter after defeating Filip Horansky 6-2 6-4 and Dennis Novak 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-3 6-2). During the match Shevchenko scored 60 points vs Novak’s 42. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 51% of his first serves in, winning 89% (24/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Novak 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
Shevchenko has a composed 28-13 win-loss record in 2022, 26-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuznetsov | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 35 |
| Pts | 146-119 | 127-95 |
| Total Points | 265 | 222 |
| Winners | 53 | 51 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Kuznetsov and Shevchenko played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuznetsov and Shevchenko have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kuznetsov played 8 games more than Shevchenko. Andrey scored 53 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 51 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuznetsov | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 70/122 | 67/124 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 53/70 | 51/67 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 31/52 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 46% |
Kuznetsov fired 4 aces (2 per match). Shevchenko blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Kuznetsov won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuznetsov | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 9/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 82% |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Russian broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Shevchenko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuznetsov | ||||
| R1 Karol |
R2 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-63 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 80-74 | 66-45 | 146-119 | |
| Total points | 154 | 111 | 265 | |
| Winners | 32 | 21 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 29/48 | 70/122 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 21/29 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 13/19 | 31/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 68% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/11 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 36% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Shevchenko | ||||
| R1 Horansky |
R2 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 60-42 | 127-95 | |
| Total points | 120 | 102 | 222 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 27/53 | 67/124 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 51% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 24/27 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 89% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 12/26 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/4 | 9/11 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 100% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 4/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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