Alexander Shevchenko and Jelle Sels will clash against each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 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.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.45
Jelle Sels -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Jelle Sels
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Jelle Sels since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 153 (career-high), Alexander got to the quarter after defeating Michael Geerts 6-2 3-0 ret. and Nino Serdarusic 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Shevchenko scored 79 points vs Serdarusic’s 67. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Serdarusic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (178-93). 41-21 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has an aggregate145-74 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Shevchenko’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and the Bratislava Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 43-24 win-loss record in 2022, 41-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Shevchenko has never competed in this tournament before.
Jelle Sels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-27 | 13-6 | 28-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-27 | 5-4 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-33 | 0-0 | 26-17 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 14-13 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 18-10 | 0-1 | 14-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196 (career-high), Jelle reached the quarter after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-3 7-67 and Goncalo Oliveira w/o.
In the 2nd round, Sels defeated Oliveira (w/o). During the match Sels and Oliveira scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 153 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Sels was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
Talking about serving, Sels wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jelle Sels conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Jelle’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Den Haag,the Tulln Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Sels has a composed 34-27 win-loss record in 2022, 25-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 22 |
| Pts | 126-97 | 86-74 |
| Total Points | 223 | 160 |
| Winners | 38 | 30 |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% |
Shevchenko played 2 matches while Sels competed in 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shevchenko has played 3 sets more than Sels (5 vs 2). Therefore, Shevchenko played 11 games more than Sels. The Russian scored 38 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Sels struck 30 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 54/98 | 46/78 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 30/46 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 28/44 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Shevchenko fired 2 aces (1 per match). Sels fired 1 ace . Shevchenko won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Sels won 65% of the points behind 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 | Shevchenko | Sels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 47% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Alexander lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Sels broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jelle conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | ||||
| R1 Geerts |
R2 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-0 ret. | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 22 | 33 | |
| pts | 47-30 | 79-67 | 126-97 | |
| Total points | 77 | 146 | 223 | |
| Winners | 13 | 25 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 32% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/33 | 36/65 | 54/98 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 13/18 | 25/36 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 17/29 | 28/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 59% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sels | ||||
| R1 Agamenone |
R2 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | – | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | – | 22 | |
| pts | 86-74 | – | 86-74 | |
| Total points | 160 | – | 160 | |
| Winners | 30 | – | 30 | |
| %Winners | 35% | – | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | – | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | – | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | – | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | – | 30/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | – | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | – | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | – | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | – | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | – | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | – | 2 | |
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