Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Denis Shapovalov will play each other in the quarter of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.58
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 2.38

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Denis Shapovalov

There is no head to head record between Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 50, Giovanni got to the quarter after beating James Duckworth 7-6(4) 6-3 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1 7-6(6).

In the 2^nd round, Giovanni had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-1 7-6⁶). During the match, Mpetshi Perricard scored 67 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 50. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Mpetshi Perricard overwhelmed his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard was quite effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mpetshi Perricard broke Auger-Aliassime twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mpetshi Perricard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Mpetshi Perricard has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (142-109). 9-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mpetshi Perricard has an aggregate20-27 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nottingham Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Cuernavaca Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Acapulco Challenger where he beat Adam Walton in the final 6-3 6-3 and in Lyon where he overcame Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 6-4 1-6 7-6(7).

Giovanni has a composed 44-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Denis Shapovalov

Ranked no. 95, the Canadian reached the quarter after defeating Juncheng Shang 6-1 6-4 and Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 7-6(4).

In the 2^nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Shapovalov scored 83 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 63. Denis was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Shapovalov fired 18 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Denis Shapovalov was very effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shapovalov broke Bautista-Agut twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Denis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

Shapovalov has a composed 26-23 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mpetshi Perricard	Shapovalov
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	42	39
Pts	140-110	147-106
Total Points	250	253
Winners	69	56
%Winners	49%	38%

Both Mpetshi Perricard and Shapovalov played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mpetshi Perricard and Shapovalov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mpetshi Perricard played 3 games more than Shapovalov. Giovanni scored 69 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Denis made 56 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mpetshi Perricard	Shapovalov
Aces	43	29
Avg per match	21.5	14.5
1st in	83/121	67/121
%1st in	69%	55%
1st pts	69/83	56/67
%1st pts	83%	84%
2nd pts	26/38	33/54
%2nd pts	68%	61%

Mpetshi Perricard blasted 43 aces (21.5 per match). Shapovalov bagged 29 aces (14.5 per match). Mpetshi Perricard won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Shapovalov won 84% of the points behind 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	Mpetshi Perricard	Shapovalov
Won	3	5
Converted	3/11	5/14
% Converted	27%	36%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	1

Mpetshi Perricard broke his opponents 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Giovanni quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Denis broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Mpetshi Perricard
	R1 Duckworth	R2 Auger-Aliassime	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	6-1 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	20	42
pts	73-60	67-50	140-110
Total points	133	117	250
Winners	37	32	69
%Winners	51%	48%	49%
SERVE
Aces	21	22	43
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	44/65	39/56	83/121
% 1st in	68%	70%	69%
1st pts	37/44	32/39	69/83
% 1st pts	84%	82%	83%
2nd pts	12/21	14/17	26/38
% 2nd pts	57%	82%	68%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/4	2/7	3/11
Converted %	25%	29%	27%
Conceded	0	0	0
Saved	0/0	0/0	0
Saved %	–	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Shapovalov
	R1 Shang	R2 Bautista-Agut	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	22	39
pts	64-43	83-63	147-106
Total points	107	146	253
Winners	25	31	56
%Winners	39%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	11	18	29
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	28/55	39/66	67/121
% 1st in	51%	59%	55%
1st pts	25/28	31/39	56/67
% 1st pts	89%	79%	84%
2nd pts	16/27	17/27	33/54
% 2nd pts	59%	63%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/6	2/8	5/14
Converted %	50%	25%	36%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	1/1	1/2	2
Saved %	100%	50%	75%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Basel

• Wesley Koolhof/Nikola MekticKoolhof/Nikola Mektic – Kevin Krawietz/Aleksandr NedovyesovKrawietz/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• David GoffinGoffin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction