Alexander Shevchenko and Chun Hsin Tseng will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Genova Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTRALE. 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 -> 1.49
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun Hsin Tseng
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Chun Hsin Tseng square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shevchenko won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the Sanremo Challenger back in March 2023.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-20 | 4-7 | 5-9 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 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. 83 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Marcello Serafini 2-6 7-67 6-3.
In the 1st round against Serafini, Shevchenko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-67 6-3).During the match, Shevchenko scored less points (9) than Serafini. In fact, the world no. 83 won 96 points vs Serafini’s. That means that Shevchenko was more focused during the important points. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko struck 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 48% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (27/54) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Serafini 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Shevchenko has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (217-129). 16-11 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has a composed161-87 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season 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 32-27 win-loss record in 2023, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Chun Hsin Tseng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 20-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-25 | 9-8 | 12-15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 11-12 | 28-11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 9-8 | 30-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 4-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Chun got to the 2nd round after beating Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-0 6-0, Luca Castagnola 6-2 6-3 and Federico Iannaccone 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Iannaccone (6-2 6-0). During the match Hsin scored 49 points vs Iannaccone’s 25. Hsin was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
About the serving games, Hsin wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Chun Hsin Tseng was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (15/17) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chun broke Iannaccone 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Chun has a compiled 15-22 win-loss record in 2023, 10-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 43 |
| Pts | 96-105 | 169-94 |
| Total Points | 201 | 263 |
| Winners | 33 | 54 |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% |
Shevchenko played 1 match while Hsin competed in 3 matches. Hsin started his run from the qualifications while Shevchenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko surrendered 1 set while Chun Hsin Tseng hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shevchenko has played 3 set(s) less than Hsin (3 vs 6). Therefore, Shevchenko played 13 games less than Hsin. Shevchenko scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 54 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 50/104 | 68/135 |
| %1st in | 48% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 54/68 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/54 | 39/67 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Shevchenko managed to score 8 aces . Hsin made 2 aces (0.7 per match). Shevchenko won 66% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 15 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 15/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 56% |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 58% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Shevchenko broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Chun broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Hsin conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||
| R1 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-105 | 96-105 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 50/104 | 50/104 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/54 | 27/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Hsin | |||||
| Q1 Jecan |
Q3 Castagnola |
R1 Iannaccone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 17 | 14 | 43 | |
| pts | 51-22 | 69-47 | 49-25 | 169-94 | |
| Total points | 73 | 116 | 74 | 263 | |
| Winners | 15 | 24 | 15 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 35% | 31% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 33/63 | 17/37 | 68/135 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 52% | 46% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 24/33 | 15/17 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 73% | 88% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 16/30 | 13/20 | 39/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/10 | 5/6 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 40% | 83% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | – | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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