Matija Pecotic and Joshua Sheehy will play each other in the qualifications of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matija Pecotic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matija Pecotic is the pick to win this match.
Matija Pecotic -> 1.24
Joshua Sheehy -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Matija Pecotic vs. Joshua Sheehy
There is no head to head record between Matija Pecotic and Joshua Sheehy since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matija Pecotic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-11 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-4 | 14-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 398, Matija got to the qualifications after beating Michael Sutanto 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Sutanto (7-5 6-2). During the match, Pecotic scored 69 points vs Sutanto’s 44. Pecotic was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pecotic made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Matija Pecotic was quite effective on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matija broke Sutanto 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Pecotic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (154-72). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Pecotic has an aggregate 10-8 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Croatian has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Joshua Sheehy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-27 | 19-21 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 30-20 | 2-2 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-19 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 21-20 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 695, the American reached the qualifications after beating Noah Schachter 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Joshua had a good straight sets win against Schachter (6-2 6-2). During the match Sheehy scored 68 points vs Schachter’s 49. The American was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Sheehy managed to score 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joshua Sheehy conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Sheehy put 72% of his first serves in, winning 62% (24/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 87% (13/15) on the 2nd serve. Joshua broke Schachter 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Joshua has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pecotic | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 69-44 | 68-49 |
| Total Points | 113 | 117 |
| Winners | 26 | 24 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Pecotic and Sheehy played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pecotic and Sheehy have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pecotic played 4 games more than Sheehy. Pecotic scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Joshua fired 24 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pecotic | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 39/54 |
| %1st in | 58% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 24/39 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 13/15 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 87% |
Pecotic blasted 8 aces . Sheehy blasted 5 aces . Pecotic won 93% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Sheehy won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 87% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pecotic | Sheehy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matija surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sheehy broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Joshua was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Pecotic | |||
| Q1 Sutanto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-44 | 69-44 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 28/48 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 26/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sheehy | |||
| Q1 Schachter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 24/39 | 24/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/15 | 13/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 87% | 87% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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