Alexander Zverev and Denis Shapovalov will square off in the 3rd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. 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 Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.192
Denis Shapovalov -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 9th time that Alexander Zverev and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 5-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Halle back in 2023.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Denis Shapovalov – Halle 21-June-2023
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68-20 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 10-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the German got to the 3rd round after defeating Borna Coric 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-3 6-2). During the match, Zverev scored 63 points vs Coric’s 45. The German was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zverev managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev was very efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Coric 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Zverev has a marvellous win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (435-189). 3-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a compiled 137-50 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4.
The German has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Denis Shapovalov
8 - 10win/loss
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WWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-24 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-5 | 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. 132, the Canadian got to the 3rd round after defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (7-63 6-3). During the match Shapovalov scored 85 points vs Etcheverry’s 76. Shapovalov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Shapovalov fired 8 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Denis Shapovalov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shapovalov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Etcheverry 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Denis has an aggregate 8-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 50 |
| Pts | 63-45 | 165-151 |
| Total Points | 108 | 316 |
| Winners | 26 | 76 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Zverev played 1 match while Shapovalov competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Denis Shapovalov lost 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Shapovalov (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 33 games less than Shapovalov. Alexander scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Shapovalov managed to score 76 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 32/43 | 97/170 |
| %1st in | 74% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 76/97 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 34/73 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 47% |
Zverev fired 5 aces . Shapovalov blasted 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zverev won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Shapovalov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 46% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Zverev broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alexander quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Canadian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R2 Coric |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 63-45 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Shapovalov | ||||
| R1 Diaz |
R2 Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| pts | 80-75 | 85-76 | 165-151 | |
| Total points | 155 | 161 | 316 | |
| Winners | 36 | 40 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 52/90 | 97/170 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 36/45 | 40/52 | 76/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 16/38 | 34/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 42% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 60% | 131% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Lukas KleinKlein (6-75 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Juncheng ShangShang (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Mariano NavoneNavone (5-7 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jack DraperDraper (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Rafael NadalNadal (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
