Riccardo Bonadio and Alexander Shevchenko will face off in the final of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.51
Riccardo Bonadio -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Riccardo Bonadio vs. Alexander Shevchenko
This will be the 2nd time that Riccardo Bonadio and Alexander Shevchenko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shevchenko won 3-6 7-6(6) 3-0 ret. in the 2nd round in the Barletta Challenger back in April 2022.
Riccardo Bonadio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 1-3 | 15-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-35 | 7-6 | 25-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-33 | 2-2 | 42-30 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-33 | 0-0 | 27-32 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-15 | 6-3 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232 (career-high), Bonadio got to the final after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-2, Fabian Marozsan 7-5 5-7 6-2, Oleksii Krutykh 6-4 1-6 7-5 and Chun Hsin Tseng 1-6 6-1 6-4.
In the semifinal against Hsin Tseng, Riccardo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Bonadio scored 80 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 75. Riccardo was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bonadio managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Riccardo Bonadio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bonadio put 61% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Riccardo broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bonadio has lost 3 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Bonadio has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (145-122). 32-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonadio has an overall127-106 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Riccardo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Opatija.
Bonadio has an overall 32-15 win-loss record in 2022, 32-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Bonadio has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-25 | 4-7 | 6-12 | 5-3 | 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 final after beating Filip Horansky 6-2 6-4, Dennis Novak 6-3 6-2, Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 6-2 and Norbert Gombos 7-65 7-64.
In the semifinal, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-65 7-64). During the match Shevchenko and Gombos scored the same amount of points (82). However, the world no. 232 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shevchenko broke Gombos once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
The Russian has a composed 30-13 win-loss record in 2022, 28-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonadio | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 101 | 79 |
| Pts | 330-286 | 287-239 |
| Total Points | 616 | 526 |
| Winners | 129 | 116 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Bonadio and Shevchenko played 4 matches. At the moment, Riccardo Bonadio lost 3 sets while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bonadio has played 3 sets more than Shevchenko (11 vs 8). Therefore, Bonadio played 22 games more than Shevchenko. Bonadio scored 129 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko scored 116 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonadio | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 183/303 | 156/271 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 129/183 | 116/156 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 68/120 | 61/115 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Bonadio scored 20 aces (5 per match). Shevchenko fired 7 aces (1.8 per match). Bonadio won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 74% 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 | Bonadio | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 13 |
| Converted | 16/39 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 41% | 59% |
| Conceded | 22 | 22 |
| Saved | 12 | 18 |
| % Saved | 55% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 4 |
Bonadio broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonadio | ||||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Marozsan |
1/4 Krutykh |
1/2 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | 6-4 1-6 7-5 | 1-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 101 | |
| pts | 63-39 | 103-84 | 84-88 | 80-75 | 330-286 | |
| Total points | 102 | 187 | 172 | 155 | 616 | |
| Winners | 24 | 44 | 32 | 29 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 38% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 55/90 | 49/87 | 47/77 | 183/303 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 61% | 56% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 44/55 | 32/49 | 29/47 | 129/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 80% | 65% | 62% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 20/35 | 22/38 | 14/30 | 68/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 57% | 58% | 47% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/11 | 3/10 | 5/8 | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 36% | 30% | 63% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/4 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Shevchenko | ||||||
| R1 Horansky |
R2 Novak |
1/4 Kuznetsov |
1/2 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 79 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 60-42 | 78-62 | 82-82 | 287-239 | |
| Total points | 120 | 102 | 140 | 164 | 526 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 25 | 40 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | 32% | 49% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 27/53 | 35/58 | 54/89 | 156/271 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 51% | 60% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 24/27 | 25/35 | 40/54 | 116/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 89% | 71% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 12/26 | 16/23 | 19/35 | 61/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 46% | 70% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/4 | 3/9 | 1/2 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 100% | 33% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 80% | 100% | 75% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
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