Alexander Shevchenko and Miguel Damas will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.285
Miguel Damas -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Miguel Damas
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Miguel Damas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Shevchenko won 6-1 7-5 in the qualifications in the Tenerife Challenger back in 2021.
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. 107, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Billy Harris 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Russian defeated Harris (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match, Shevchenko scored 92 points vs Harris’s 86. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 51% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko broke Harris 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (199-114). 2-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has an aggregate147-78 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2.
The Russian has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Shevchenko has never competed in this tournament before.
Miguel Damas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 7-4 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 747, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Damas had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4). During the match Damas scored 71 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 60. Miguel was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Damas was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Miguel Damas lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Damas put 80% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the 2nd serve. Damas broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Miguel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Reus.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 |
| Pts | 92-86 | 71-60 |
| Total Points | 178 | 131 |
| Winners | 32 | 31 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Both Shevchenko and Damas played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko lost 1 set while Miguel Damas hasn’t lost a set so far. Shevchenko has played 1 set more than Damas (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shevchenko played 7 games more than Damas. Shevchenko scored 32 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Damas blasted 31 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 45/89 | 47/59 |
| %1st in | 51% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 31/47 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 9/12 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 75% |
Shevchenko struck 2 aces . Damas didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Shevchenko won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Damas won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Shevchenko broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Miguel conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 92-86 | 92-86 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/89 | 45/89 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 21/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Damas | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-60 | 71-60 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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