Alexander Shevchenko and Francesco Maestrelli will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.7
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-17 | 4-7 | 4-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 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. 157, Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Ernests Gulbis 6-4 6-3, Nick Hardt 6-4 6-4 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-4 7-5). During the match, Shevchenko scored 76 points vs Giustino’s 65. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 65% of his first serves in, winning 58% (26/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko broke Giustino 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Shevchenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (188-104). 3-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has a compiled27-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Shevchenko has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger
Francesco Maestrelli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-16 | 5-5 | 12-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Francesco got to the semifinal after beating Lucas Gerch 4-6 7-5 7-66, Flavio Cobolli 6-3 7-5 and Matteo Gigante 1-6 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter against Gigante, Maestrelli recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Maestrelli scored 70 points vs Gigante’s 60. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Maestrelli bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Maestrelli broke Gigante 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maestrelli has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Maestrelli has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 79 |
| Pts | 220-194 | 254-242 |
| Total Points | 414 | 496 |
| Winners | 89 | 104 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Shevchenko and Maestrelli played 3 matches. At the moment, Francesco Maestrelli conceded 2 sets while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t lost a set so far. Shevchenko has played 2 set(s) less than Maestrelli (6 vs 8). Therefore, Shevchenko played 18 games less than Maestrelli. Alexander scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco made 104 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 129/212 | 157/262 |
| %1st in | 61% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 89/129 | 104/157 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 41/83 | 55/105 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 52% |
Shevchenko recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Maestrelli blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Shevchenko won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/21 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 57% | 62% |
| Conceded | 21 | 30 |
| Saved | 16 | 21 |
| % Saved | 76% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Alexander broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Shevchenko dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||||
| R1 Gulbis |
R2 Hardt |
1/4 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 22 | 61 | |
| pts | 63-57 | 81-72 | 76-65 | 220-194 | |
| Total points | 120 | 153 | 141 | 414 | |
| Winners | 30 | 33 | 26 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/63 | 47/80 | 45/69 | 129/212 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 33/47 | 26/45 | 89/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 58% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 13/33 | 16/24 | 41/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 39% | 67% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/6 | 5/10 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 9 | 21 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 8/10 | 6/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 67% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Maestrelli | |||||
| R1 Gerch |
R2 Cobolli |
1/4 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 7-66 | 6-3 7-5 | 1-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 21 | 23 | 79 | |
| pts | 116-124 | 68-58 | 70-60 | 254-242 | |
| Total points | 240 | 126 | 130 | 496 | |
| Winners | 49 | 30 | 25 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 76/136 | 45/67 | 36/59 | 157/262 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 49/76 | 30/45 | 25/36 | 104/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 67% | 69% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/60 | 12/22 | 12/23 | 55/105 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 55% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/4 | 5/10 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 100% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 5/7 | 4/7 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 71% | 57% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
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