Roberto Bautista Agut and Denis Shapovalov will face off in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:30 pm on IWB COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.9
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Denis Shapovalov

This will be the 3rd time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Denis Shapovalov face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Shapovalov won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Washington back in July 2024.

Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Roberto Bautista Agut – Washington 29-July-2024

Roberto Bautista Agut

Roberto Bautista Agut

37 - 26win/loss

Hard
11-13
I Hard
9-2
Clay
10-7
Grass
7-4
Rank
46
High
9
LWWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-27 11-13 10-7 9-3 7-4 0-0
2023 22-23 9-7 8-8 2-6 3-2 0-0
2022 39-20 17-9 7-3 9-6 6-2 0-0
2021 29-25 14-10 7-7 4-5 4-3 0-0
2020 20-8 13-4 4-2 3-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 45, Roberto got to the 2nd round after beating Casper Ruud 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard defeated Ruud (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 87 points vs Ruud’s 71. Bautista-Agut was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut struck 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Roberto Bautista Agut was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bautista-Agut broke Ruud twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Bautista-Agut has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (360-217). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bautista-Agut has a compiled 70-44 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Antwerp where he beat Jiri Lehecka in the final 7-5 6-1.

Bautista-Agut has an aggregate 37-26 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Basel
Bautista-Agut's Record

Denis Shapovalov

Denis Shapovalov

25 - 23win/loss

Hard
9-10
I Hard
8-4
Clay
5-6
Grass
3-3
Rank
80
High
10
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-24 9-10 5-6 9-5 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. 95, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after beating Juncheng Shang 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Shang (6-1 6-4). During the match Shapovalov scored 64 points vs Shang’s 43. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Shapovalov recorded 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Shapovalov was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Shang 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Canadian has an aggregate 25-23 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.

Basel
Shapovalov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Bautista Agut
D.Shapovalov
!
2h:03
2h:03
Time on court​
1h:08
1h:08
!
2h:03
2h:03
Last match​
1h:08
1h:08
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
87
87
Total points​
64
64
87
87
Avg point​
64
64
41
41
Winners
25
25
41
41
Avg Winners​
25
25
47%
47%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
11
11
5
5
Avg Aces
!
11
11
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
3
3
41/51
41/51
1st won total​
25/28
25/28
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
89%
89%
14/20
14/20
2nd won total​
16/27
16/27
!
70%
70%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
3/6
3/6
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
1
1
4
4
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bautista-Agut Shapovalov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 27 17
Pts 87-71 64-43
Total Points 158 107
Winners 41 25
%Winners 47% 39%

Both Bautista-Agut and Shapovalov played 1 match. At the moment, Roberto Bautista Agut surrendered 1 set while Denis Shapovalov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bautista-Agut has played 1 set more than Shapovalov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bautista-Agut played 10 games more than Shapovalov. Roberto scored 41 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Denis made 25 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bautista-Agut Shapovalov
Aces 5 11
Avg per match 5 11
1st in 51/71 28/55
%1st in 72% 51%
1st pts 41/51 25/28
%1st pts 80% 89%
2nd pts 14/20 16/27
%2nd pts 70% 59%

Bautista-Agut scored 5 aces . Shapovalov scored 11 aces . Bautista-Agut won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bautista-Agut Shapovalov
Won 2 3
Converted 2/6 3/6
% Converted 33% 50%
Conceded 4 1
Saved 3 1
% Saved 75% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Bautista-Agut dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Shapovalov broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shapovalov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Bautista-Agut
R1
Ruud
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 87-71 87-71
Total points 158 158
Winners 41 41
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 51/71 51/71
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 41/51 41/51
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 14/20 14/20
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Shapovalov
R1
Shang
Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 64-43 64-43
Total points 107 107
Winners 25 25
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 28/55 28/55
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 25/28 25/28
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 16/27 16/27
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Basel

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