Alexander Shevchenko and Arthur Fils will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 13. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.59
Arthur Fils -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Arthur Fils
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-25 | 4-7 | 6-12 | 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. 93 (career-high), Shevchenko got to the qualifications after beating Oleksii Krutykh 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Krutykh (6-4 6-2). During the match, Shevchenko scored 59 points vs Krutykh’s 40. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Shevchenko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (12/14) of his 1st serve and 77% (24/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Krutykh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (209-116). 12-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has an aggregate157-80 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Madrid Challenger where he beat Pedro Cachin in the final 6-4 6-3.
Shevchenko has a compiled 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 8-5 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Ryan Peniston 6-2 4-6 7-64.
In the qualifications, Arthur defeated Peniston (6-2 4-6 7-64). During the match Fils scored 104 points vs Peniston’s 97. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Fils bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Fils lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fils put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Fils broke Peniston 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he beat Joris De Loore in the final 6-1 7-6(4).
Arthur has a composed 18-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 59-40 | 104-97 |
| Total Points | 99 | 201 |
| Winners | 12 | 43 |
| %Winners | 20% | 41% |
Both Shevchenko and Fils played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Arthur Fils dropped 1 set while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shevchenko has played 1 set(s) less than Fils (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shevchenko played 13 games less than Fils. The Russian scored 12 winners (20% of the total points). On the other side, Fils struck 43 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 14/45 | 61/94 |
| %1st in | 31% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 43/61 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 24/31 | 16/33 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 48% |
Shevchenko fired 3 aces . Fils struck 4 aces . Shevchenko won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 70% of the points behind 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 | Shevchenko | Fils |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Arthur broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||
| Q1 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 20% | 20% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 14/45 | 14/45 | |
| % 1st in | 31% | 31% | |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fils | |||
| Q1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-97 | 104-97 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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