Alexander Shevchenko and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Almaty Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.74
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Aslan Karatsev

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Shevchenko won 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the French Open back in May 2024.

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 61, Shevchenko reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6(5) 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴). During the match, Shevchenko scored 97 points vs Kukushkin’s 90. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shevchenko made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Kukushkin twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (251-168). 6-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has a composed32-22 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 21-32 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Aslan Karatsev

Ranked no. 139, Aslan reached the 2^nd round after beating Filip Misolic 6-2 7-5, Alejandro Moro Canas 6-4 6-3 and Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, Karatsev had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 7-6²). During the match Karatsev scored 69 points vs Zhang’s 65. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Karatsev struck 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aslan Karatsev conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 68% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Karatsev was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zhang once.

Aslan has an overall 10-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shevchenko	Karatsev
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	26	62
Pts	97-90	200-161
Total Points	187	361
Winners	36	93
%Winners	37%	47%

Shevchenko played 1 match while Karatsev competed in 3 matches. Karatsev started his run from the qualifications while Shevchenko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Shevchenko has played 4 set(s) less than Karatsev (2 vs 6). Therefore, Shevchenko played 36 games less than Karatsev. Shevchenko scored 36 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Karatsev struck 93 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shevchenko	Karatsev
Aces	9	27
Avg per match	9	9
1st in	48/75	115/178
%1st in	64%	65%
1st pts	36/48	93/115
%1st pts	75%	81%
2nd pts	15/27	32/63
%2nd pts	56%	51%

Shevchenko managed to score 9 aces . Karatsev recorded 27 aces (9 per match). Shevchenko won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 81% 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	Shevchenko	Karatsev
Won	2	9
Converted	2/10	9/14
% Converted	20%	64%
Conceded	4	7
Saved	2	5
% Saved	50%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Alexander broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Aslan broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Karatsev conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Shevchenko
	R1 Kukushkin	Total
Score	7-65 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	97-90	97-90
Total points	187	187
Winners	36	36
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	48/75	48/75
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	36/48	36/48
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	15/27	15/27
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/10	2/10
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Karatsev
	Q1 Misolic	Q3 Moro	R1 Zhang	Total
Score	6-2 7-5	6-4 6-3	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	19	23	62
pts	69-48	62-48	69-65	200-161
Total points	117	110	134	361
Winners	29	26	38	93
%Winners	42%	42%	55%	47%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	13	27
Double Faults	3	0	2	5
1st in	39/61	29/48	47/69	115/178
% 1st in	64%	60%	68%	65%
1st pts	29/39	26/29	38/47	93/115
% 1st pts	74%	90%	81%	81%
2nd pts	13/22	8/19	11/22	32/63
% 2nd pts	59%	42%	50%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4	1	9
Converted	4/7	4/6	1/1	9/14
Converted %	57%	67%	100%	64%
Conceded	4	2	1	7
Saved	3/4	1/2	1/1	5
Saved %	75%	50%	100%	225%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander Shevchenko/Timofey SkatovShevchenko/Timofey Skatov – Evan King/Reese StalderKing/Reese Stalder (6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Arjun KadheChoudary Bollipalli/Arjun Kadhe – Marco Bortolotti/Patrik Niklas-SalminenBortolotti/Patrik Niklas-Salminen (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel EvansEvans (5-4) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction