Alexander Shevchenko and Sergi Perez Contri will square off in the quarter of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm 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 -> 1.29
Sergi Perez Contri -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Sergi Perez Contri

There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Sergi Perez Contri since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
78
High
45
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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. 107, Alexander reached the quarter after defeating Billy Harris 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Miguel Damas 6-4 7-65.

In the 2nd round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-4 7-65). During the match, Shevchenko scored 88 points vs Damas’s 80. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shevchenko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 52% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Damas 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (200-114). 3-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has an aggregate148-78 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2.

Alexander has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Madrid Challenger

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid Challenger
Shevchenko's Record

Sergi Perez Contri

Sergi Perez Contri

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
766
High
486
LWWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-30 7-7 25-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 42-27 11-7 31-20 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 34-25 10-7 24-18 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 9-6 0-1 9-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 15-11 0-0 15-11 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 662 (career-high), Sergi got to the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 7-611 3-6 6-1 and Marco Trungelliti 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-2 6-3). During the match Perez Contri scored 71 points vs Trungelliti’s 57. Sergi was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Perez Contri scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sergi Perez Contri lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Perez Contri put 64% of his first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Opatija.

Sergi has a compiled 22-9 win-loss record in 2023, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Madrid Challenger
Perez Contri's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Shevchenko
S.Perez Contri
4h:17
4h:17
Time on court​
4h:04
4h:04
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
50
50
Games Played​
78
78
5
5
Set played​​
8
8
180
180
Total points​
175
175
90
90
Avg point​
58.3
58.3
59
59
Winners
60
60
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
20
20
33%
33%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
3.5
3.5
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
11
11
Double Faults
2
2
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
59/88
59/88
1st won total​
60/109
60/109
67%
67%
1st won %
55%
55%
40/83
40/83
2nd won total​
37/65
37/65
48%
48%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
10/23
10/23
BP won
12/18
12/18
5/11.5
5/11.5
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
43%
43%
Won
!
67%
67%
17
17
Conceded
22
22
8.5
8.5
Avg Conceded
7.3
7.3
7
7
Broken
8
8
3.5
3.5
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
10
10
Saved
14
14

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Shevchenko Perez Contri
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 50 46
Pts 180-166 175-148
Total Points 346 323
Winners 59 60
%Winners 33% 34%

Both Shevchenko and Perez Contri played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Shevchenko conceded 1 set, while Sergi Perez Contri conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Perez Contri have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shevchenko played 4 games more than Perez Contri. The Russian scored 59 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 60 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Shevchenko Perez Contri
Aces 7 2
Avg per match 3.5 1
1st in 88/171 109/174
%1st in 51% 63%
1st pts 59/88 60/109
%1st pts 67% 55%
2nd pts 40/83 37/65
%2nd pts 48% 57%

Shevchenko fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Perez Contri blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Shevchenko won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Perez Contri won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Shevchenko Perez Contri
Won 10 12
Converted 10/23 12/18
% Converted 43% 67%
Conceded 17 22
Saved 10 14
% Saved 59% 64%
Times Broken 7 8

Alexander broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Shevchenko
R1
Harris
R2
Damas
Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-65
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 27 23 50
pts 92-86 88-80 180-166
Total points 178 168 346
Winners 32 27 59
%Winners 35% 31% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 5 7
Double Faults 7 4 11
1st in 45/89 43/82 88/171
% 1st in 51% 52% 51%
1st pts 32/45 27/43 59/88
% 1st pts 71% 63% 67%
2nd pts 21/44 19/39 40/83
% 2nd pts 48% 49% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/11 5/12 10/23
Converted % 45% 42% 43%
Conceded 7 10 17
Saved 4/7 6/10 10
Saved % 57% 60% 59%
Times Broken 3 4 7
Perez Contri
Q1
Harris
R1
Vatutin
R2
Trungelliti
Total
Score 6-74 6-3 6-4 7-611 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 32 29 17 78
pts 104-91 71-57 175-148
Total points 0 195 128 323
Winners 34 26 60
%Winners 0% 33% 37% 34%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1 2
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in / 63/102 46/72 109/174
% 1st in 0% 62% 64% 63%
1st pts / 34/63 26/46 60/109
% 1st pts 0% 54% 57% 55%
2nd pts / 20/39 17/26 37/65
% 2nd pts 0% 51% 65% 57%
Breaks
Won 8 4 12
Converted / 8/12 4/6 12/18
Converted % 0% 67% 67% 67%
Conceded 14 8 22
Saved 0/ 7/14 7/8 14
Saved % 50% 88% 69%
Times Broken 7 1 8

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