Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov will face off in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Pista Rafa Nadal. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.22
Denis Shapovalov -> 4.33
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 5th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Denis Shapovalov face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but Tsitsipas leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the R in Atp cup back in 2020.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Atp cup 03-January-2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Tsitsipas reached the 3rd round after beating Pedro Cachin 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-4 6-2). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 62 points vs Cachin’s 47. The Greek was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 63% of his first serves in, win 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Stefanos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cachin 3 times.
Tsitsipas has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (410-184). 3-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a compiled148-46 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Stefanos’s best result of the season was reaching the final at the Australian Open .
Tsitsipas has a composed 17-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 14-5 | 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 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 8-6 | 5-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, the Canadian got to the 3rd round after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-4 6-3). During the match Shapovalov scored 65 points vs Kovalik’s 56. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Shapovalov bagged 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Denis Shapovalov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Kovalik twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Shapovalov has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 62-47 | 65-56 |
| Total Points | 109 | 121 |
| Winners | 29 | 34 |
| %Winners | 47% | 52% |
Both Tsitsipas and Shapovalov played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tsitsipas played 1 game less than Shapovalov. The Greek scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Denis scored 34 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 13 |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 45/68 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 11/23 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Tsitsipas bagged 1 ace . Shapovalov also made 13 aces . Tsitsipas won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Stefanos had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Shapovalov broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Shapovalov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R2 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 62-47 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shapovalov | |||
| R2 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 65-56 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 11/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emilio GomezGomez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emilio GomezGomez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
