Francisco Cerundolo and Alexander Shevchenko will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the BMW Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.25
Alexander Shevchenko -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Shevchenko

This will be the 4^th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Alexander Shevchenko play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cerundolo won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Almaty back in 2024.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Alexander Shevchenko – Almaty 18-October-2024

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 22, Francisco reached the 2^nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-0 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Cerundolo had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-0 6-2). During the match, Cerundolo scored 53 points vs Struff’s 28. Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cerundolo struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo was pretty effective on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Struff 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Cerundolo has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (331-175). 10-4 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cerundolo has an overall 265-114 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Buenos Aires.

Francisco has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 104, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 1-6 6-3, Borna Gojo 6-4 6-4 and Flavio Cobolli 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Cobolli, Shevchenko recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-3 6-4). During the match Shevchenko scored 123 points vs Cobolli’s 121. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Shevchenko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 17 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 64% of his first serves in, winning 60% (53/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (22/49) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Cobolli 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

Shevchenko has an aggregate 8-14 win-loss record in 2025, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Shevchenko
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	14	58
Pts	53-28	210-205
Total Points	81	415
Winners	17	86
%Winners	32%	41%

Cerundolo played 1 match while Shevchenko competed in 2 matches. Shevchenko started his run from the qualifications while Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko lost 2 sets while Francisco Cerundolo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cerundolo has played 4 set(s) less than Shevchenko (2 vs 6). Therefore, Cerundolo played 44 games less than Shevchenko. Cerundolo scored 17 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani made 86 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Shevchenko
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	3	6.5
1st in	18/38	138/211
%1st in	47%	65%
1st pts	17/18	86/138
%1st pts	94%	62%
2nd pts	12/20	35/73
%2nd pts	60%	48%

Cerundolo bagged 3 aces . Shevchenko made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Cerundolo won 94% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Shevchenko
Won	5	9
Converted	5/6	9/24
% Converted	83%	38%
Conceded	1	24
Saved	1	17
% Saved	100%	71%
Times Broken	0	7

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Francisco very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R1 Struff	Total
Score	6-0 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	53-28	53-28
Total points	81	81
Winners	17	17
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	18/38	18/38
% 1st in	47%	47%
1st pts	17/18	17/18
% 1st pts	94%	94%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Shevchenko
	Q1 Hijikata	Q3 Gojo	R1 Cobolli	Total
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-72 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	26	20	32	78
pts	87-84	–	123-121	210-205
Total points	171	0	244	415
Winners	33		53	86
%Winners	38%	0%	43%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	5	13
Double Faults	0		9	9
1st in	49/73	/	89/138	138/211
% 1st in	67%	0%	64%	65%
1st pts	33/49	/	53/89	86/138
% 1st pts	67%	0%	60%	62%
2nd pts	13/24	/	22/49	35/73
% 2nd pts	54%	0%	45%	48%
Breaks
Won	3		6	9
Converted	3/12	/	6/12	9/24
Converted %	25%	0%	50%	38%
Conceded	3		21	24
Saved	0/3	0/	17/21	17
Saved %	0%	–	81%	81%
Times Broken	3		4	7

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