
Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on ESTADIO. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.615
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 8th time that Taylor Fritz and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shapovalov won 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Vienna back in 2022.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Taylor Fritz – Vienna 26-October-2022
Taylor Fritz
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 8-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Taylor got to the 2nd round after defeating John Isner 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Isner, Fritz recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 82 points vs Isner’s 80. Fritz was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fritz bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taylor Fritz lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fritz put 66% of his first serves in, winning 85% (47/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Isner twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Fritz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (310-196). 10-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has a compiled 188-102 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Australia where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he beat Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2.
Taylor has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Denis Shapovalov
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 9-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-74 6-0 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kecmanovic, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-0 7-5). During the match Shapovalov scored 97 points vs Kecmanovic’s 84. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Shapovalov fired 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (39/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Kecmanovic 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Shapovalov has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Fritz | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 28 | 31 |
Pts | 82-80 | 97-84 |
Total Points | 162 | 181 |
Winners | 47 | 39 |
%Winners | 57% | 40% |
Both Fritz and Shapovalov played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz lost 1 set, while Denis Shapovalov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fritz and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Fritz played 3 games less than Shapovalov. The American scored 47 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian bagged 39 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Fritz | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 8 |
Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
1st in | 55/83 | 48/89 |
%1st in | 66% | 54% |
1st pts | 47/55 | 39/48 |
%1st pts | 85% | 81% |
2nd pts | 11/28 | 18/41 |
%2nd pts | 39% | 44% |
Fritz struck 4 aces . Shapovalov fired 8 aces . Fritz won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Fritz | Shapovalov |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 7 |
Converted | 2/3 | 7/12 |
% Converted | 67% | 58% |
Conceded | 4 | 5 |
Saved | 3 | 2 |
% Saved | 75% | 40% |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Fritz conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
Fritz | |||
R1 Isner |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
pts | 82-80 | 82-80 | |
Total points | 162 | 162 | |
Winners | 47 | 47 | |
%Winners | 57% | 57% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 55/83 | 55/83 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
1st pts | 47/55 | 47/55 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
% 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Shapovalov | |||
R1 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-74 6-0 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
pts | 97-84 | 97-84 | |
Total points | 181 | 181 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 48/89 | 48/89 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
1st pts | 39/48 | 39/48 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
2nd pts | 18/41 | 18/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 7 | 7 | |
Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Head 2 Head



Tennis Scores in Acapulco
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- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Marcos GironGiron (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Ben SheltonShelton (6-77 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-4 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – John IsnerIsner (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-74 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Emilio GomezGomez (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 7-6(3) 2-1 ret. (Otte ret.)) – See score progression
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