Alejandro Moro Canas and Egor Gerasimov will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Moro Canas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alejandro Moro Canas is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 1.57
Egor Gerasimov -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Egor Gerasimov

There is no head to head record between Alejandro Moro Canas and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alejandro Moro Canas

Ranked no. 153, Alejandro got to the qualifications after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-3 6-2). During the match, Moro Canas scored 59 points vs Kachmazov’s 37. Moro Canas was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moro Canas scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Alejandro Moro Canas was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alejandro broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Moro Canas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (168-109). 11-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Moro Canas has an overall78-34 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Vilius Gaubas in the final 7-5 6-3.

Alejandro has a composed 33-24 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.

Egor Gerasimov

Ranked no. 267, Gerasimov reached the qualifications after beating Maximilian Marterer 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Egor defeated Marterer (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3). During the match Gerasimov scored 98 points vs Marterer’s 94. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Talking about serving, Gerasimov blasted 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Egor Gerasimov was very efficient on serve to win 80% (56/70) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Belarussian broke Marterer twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Egor’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Wuxi Challenger.

The Belarussian has an overall 26-27 win-loss record in 2024, 15-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moro Canas	Gerasimov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	32
Pts	59-37	98-94
Total Points	96	192
Winners	25	56
%Winners	42%	57%

Both Moro Canas and Gerasimov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Egor Gerasimov conceded 1 set while Alejandro Moro Canas hasn’t lost a set so far. Moro Canas has played 1 set(s) less than Gerasimov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moro Canas played 15 games less than Gerasimov. Moro Canas scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian scored 56 winners (57%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moro Canas	Gerasimov
Aces	1	16
Avg per match	1	16
1st in	32/50	70/105
%1st in	64%	67%
1st pts	25/32	56/70
%1st pts	78%	80%
2nd pts	14/18	18/35
%2nd pts	78%	51%

Moro Canas scored 1 ace . Gerasimov also scored 16 aces . Moro Canas won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Gerasimov won 80% of the points on 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	Moro Canas	Gerasimov
Won	3	2
Converted	3/8	2/4
% Converted	38%	50%
Conceded	4	5
Saved	4	3
% Saved	100%	60%
Times Broken	0	2

Alejandro broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Egor broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Moro Canas
	Q1 Kachmazov	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	59-37	59-37
Total points	96	96
Winners	25	25
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/50	32/50
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	25/32	25/32
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	14/18	14/18
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	4/4	4
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Gerasimov
	Q1 Marterer	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	98-94	98-94
Total points	192	192
Winners	56	56
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	70/105	70/105
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	56/70	56/70
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	18/35	18/35
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

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