Matteo Berrettini and Alexander Shevchenko will clash against each other in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Berrettini is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.093
Alexander Shevchenko -> 6.6
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Matteo Berrettini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-6 | 4-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-12 | 9-10 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-12 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 9-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-12 | 14-5 | 13-4 | 3-2 | 11-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 23, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-4 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-5 7-65). During the match, Berrettini scored 75 points vs Vukic’s 65. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Berrettini scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Matteo Berrettini was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (35/40) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matteo broke Vukic once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Berrettini hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Berrettini has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (287-141). 7-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Berrettini has an overall 128-64 match record in the last years on hard.
Matteo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Australia.
Berrettini has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-22 | 4-7 | 5-9 | 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. 132, Shevchenko got to the quarter after defeating Maxwell Mckennon 6-4 6-4, Leandro Riedi 6-2 4-3 ret., Gael Monfils 6-4 6-72 6-3 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Huesler (7-5 6-1). During the match Shevchenko scored 74 points vs Huesler’s 56. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Shevchenko blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Huesler 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shevchenko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2.
Shevchenko has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berrettini | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 86 |
| Pts | 142-119 | 307-247 |
| Total Points | 261 | 554 |
| Winners | 63 | 106 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Berrettini played 2 matches while Shevchenko competed in 4 matches. Shevchenko started his run from the qualifications while Berrettini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko dropped 1 set while Matteo Berrettini hasn’t lost a set so far. Berrettini has played 6 set(s) less than Shevchenko (4 vs 10). Therefore, Berrettini played 41 games less than Shevchenko. Matteo scored 63 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko made 106 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berrettini | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 73/126 | 142/259 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 63/73 | 106/142 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 33/53 | 74/117 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 63% |
Berrettini fired 20 aces (10 per match). Shevchenko fired 18 aces (4.5 per match). Berrettini won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berrettini | Shevchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 13/35 |
| % Converted | 43% | 37% |
| Conceded | 3 | 17 |
| Saved | 3 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Berrettini broke his opponents 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Matteo very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Alexander broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. Shevchenko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berrettini | ||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| pts | 67-54 | 75-65 | 142-119 | |
| Total points | 121 | 140 | 261 | |
| Winners | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 40/69 | 73/126 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 35/40 | 63/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 88% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 19/29 | 33/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 66% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 1/2 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shevchenko | ||||||
| Q1 Mckennon |
Q3 Riedi |
R1 Monfils |
R2 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 4-3 ret. | 6-4 6-72 6-3 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 32 | 19 | 86 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 61-42 | 108-99 | 74-56 | 307-247 | |
| Total points | 114 | 103 | 207 | 130 | 554 | |
| Winners | 22 | 18 | 43 | 23 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 30% | 40% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 24/53 | 19/32 | 64/102 | 35/72 | 142/259 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 59% | 63% | 49% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 18/19 | 43/64 | 23/35 | 106/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 95% | 67% | 66% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 10/13 | 22/38 | 23/37 | 74/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 77% | 58% | 62% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/10 | 4/9 | 4/11 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 30% | 44% | 36% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 9/10 | 14 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 71% | 90% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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