Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Orleans Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.149
Alexander Blockx -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
21 - 21win/loss
101
10
WWWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 6-9 | 5-6 | 7-3 | 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. 101, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Shapovalov had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-3 6-1). During the match, Shapovalov scored 55 points vs Hassan’s 31. Shapovalov was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shapovalov scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Shapovalov was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (16/19) of his 1st serve and 84% (16/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian broke Hassan 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Shapovalov has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (297-203). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shapovalov has a compiled 68-46 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Denis has a composed 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Blockx
20 - 19win/loss
248
248
WLWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-19 | 3-8 | 7-3 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 248 (career-high), the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Norbert Gombos 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-1 6-4). During the match Blockx scored 60 points vs Gombos’s 45. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Blockx struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Gombos 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger and M25 Koksijde.
The Belgian has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shapovalov | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 |
| Pts | 55-31 | 60-45 |
| Total Points | 86 | 105 |
| Winners | 16 | 23 |
| %Winners | 29% | 38% |
Both Shapovalov and Blockx played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shapovalov and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shapovalov played 1 game less than Blockx. The Canadian scored 16 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Blockx scored 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shapovalov | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 19/38 | 35/58 |
| %1st in | 50% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 23/35 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/19 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 84% | 61% |
Shapovalov scored 3 aces . Blockx bagged 3 aces . Shapovalov won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 84% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shapovalov | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 80% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Shapovalov extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shapovalov | |||
| R1 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 55-31 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 19/38 | 19/38 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 84% | 84% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-45 | 60-45 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo Grenier/Luca SanchezGrenier/Luca Sanchez – Charles Broom/Marcus WillisBroom/Marcus Willis (7-5 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Matteo MartineauMartineau (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Jonathan EyssericEysseric (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Quentin HalysHalys (7-68 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 4-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Martin DammDamm (2-6 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Norbert GombosGombos (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Harold MayotMayot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Calvin HemeryHemery – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Hugo GrenierGrenier (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
