Alexander Shevchenko and Facundo Bagnis will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT NISSAN COURIANT. 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 -> 1.7
Facundo Bagnis -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Facundo Bagnis

There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Facundo Bagnis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 59, Shevchenko got to the 2^nd round after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-3 6-1). During the match, Shevchenko scored 62 points vs Barrere’s 47. Shevchenko was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shevchenko managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Shevchenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Barrere 4 times.

Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (241-150). 2-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has a compiled166-93 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Alexander has an overall 11-14 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Facundo Bagnis

Ranked no. 136, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Clement Chidekh 7-6³ 6-3, Gregoire Barrere 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-7⁹

6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Ruusuvuori, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁹ 6-4 6-2). During the match Bagnis scored 116 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 100. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Bagnis struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Facundo Bagnis was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (52/67) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Tigre Challenger where he overcame Mariano Navone in the final 7-5 1-6 7-5.

Bagnis has a compiled 24-9 win-loss record in 2024, 23-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shevchenko	Bagnis
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	16	85
Pts	62-47	291-262
Total Points	109	553
Winners	26	124
%Winners	42%	43%

Shevchenko played 1 match while Bagnis competed in 3 matches. Bagnis started his run from the qualifications while Shevchenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Facundo Bagnis conceded 2 sets while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shevchenko has played 6 set(s) less than Bagnis (2 vs 8). Therefore, Shevchenko played 69 games less than Bagnis. The Kazakhstani scored 26 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bagnis recorded 124 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shevchenko	Bagnis
Aces	3	11
Avg per match	3	3.7
1st in	38/59	167/279
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	26/38	124/167
%1st pts	68%	74%
2nd pts	13/21	64/112
%2nd pts	62%	57%

Shevchenko recorded 3 aces . Bagnis managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Shevchenko won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Bagnis won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shevchenko	Bagnis
Won	4	10
Converted	4/4	10/20
% Converted	100%	50%
Conceded	6	23
Saved	6	19
% Saved	100%	83%
Times Broken	0	4

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Facundo broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Bagnis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Shevchenko
	R1 Barrere	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	62-47	62-47
Total points	109	109
Winners	26	26
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/59	38/59
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	26/38	26/38
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	13/21	13/21
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Bagnis
	Q1 Chidekh	Q3 Barrere	R1 Ruusuvuori	Total
Score	7-63 6-3	6-4 5-7 6-4	6-79 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	22	32	31	85
pts	75-64	100-98	116-100	291-262
Total points	139	198	216	553
Winners	33	39	52	124
%Winners	44%	39%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	2	11
Double Faults	3	3	2	8
1st in	41/68	59/108	67/103	167/279
% 1st in	60%	55%	65%	60%
1st pts	33/41	39/59	52/67	124/167
% 1st pts	80%	66%	78%	74%
2nd pts	13/27	31/49	20/36	64/112
% 2nd pts	48%	63%	56%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/3	3/5	4/12	10/20
Converted %	100%	60%	33%	50%
Conceded	4	12	7	23
Saved	3/4	10/12	6/7	19
Saved %	75%	83%	86%	244%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger

• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 1-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-7⁹ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriel Debru/Gregoire JacqDebru/Gregoire Jacq – Theo Arribage/Vlad Victor CorneaArribage/Vlad Victor Cornea (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-3 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Hugo GastonGaston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction