Alexander Shevchenko and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Moselle Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.53
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Pierre-Hugues Herbert since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-14 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 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. 63 (career-high), Alexander got to the semifinal after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-4 7-5, Mate Valkusz 7-5 2-6 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-4 6-4). During the match, Shevchenko scored 57 points vs Khachanov’s 47. Shevchenko was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko was very effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Khachanov twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexander has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (229-135). 9-4 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shevchenko has an overall25-17 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he defeated Sebastian Ofner in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Madrid Challenger where he defeated Pedro Cachin in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Russian has a compiled 44-33 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Metz
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-10 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, Herbert got to the semifinal after defeating Arthur Cazaux 7-67 6-4, Gijs Brouwer 7-5 6-4 and Luca Van Assche 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter against Van Assche, Herbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Herbert scored 113 points vs Van Assche’s 103. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about serving, Herbert overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pierre-Hugues Herbert lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Herbert put 73% of his first serves in, winning 80% (57/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Pierre-Hugues broke Van Assche twice after converting 14% of his break points (2/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Herbert has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the St. Brieuc Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 21-19 win-loss record in 2023, 15-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 76 |
| Pts | 218-178 | 271-247 |
| Total Points | 396 | 518 |
| Winners | 97 | 131 |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% |
Both Shevchenko and Herbert played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Shevchenko dropped 1 set, while Pierre-Hugues Herbert surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Herbert have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Shevchenko played 6 games less than Herbert. Shevchenko scored 97 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Herbert bagged 131 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 12.3 |
| 1st in | 119/185 | 168/242 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 97/119 | 131/168 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 41/66 | 38/74 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Shevchenko made 15 aces (5 per match). Herbert blasted 37 aces (12.3 per match). Shevchenko won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 6/31 |
| % Converted | 47% | 19% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Shevchenko surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Pierre-Hugues broke his opponents 6 times with a 19% conversion rate. Herbert conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||||
| R1 Bourgue |
R2 Valkusz |
1/4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 7-5 2-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 20 | 70 | |
| pts | 74-62 | 87-69 | 57-47 | 218-178 | |
| Total points | 136 | 156 | 104 | 396 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 26 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 48/72 | 30/56 | 119/185 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 67% | 54% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 41/48 | 26/30 | 97/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 85% | 87% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/24 | 17/26 | 41/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 50% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 75% | 67% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Herbert | |||||
| R1 Cazaux |
R2 Brouwer |
1/4 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 | 31 | 76 | |
| pts | 83-79 | 75-65 | 113-103 | 271-247 | |
| Total points | 162 | 140 | 216 | 518 | |
| Winners | 41 | 33 | 57 | 131 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 20 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 45/67 | 71/97 | 168/242 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 73% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 33/45 | 57/71 | 131/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 12/22 | 12/26 | 38/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 55% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 3/9 | 2/14 | 6/31 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 33% | 14% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 80% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Metz
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski – Fabio Fognini/Pierre-Hugues HerbertFognini/Pierre-Hugues Herbert (w/o) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
