H2H, prediction of Jesper De Jong vs Alexander Shevchenko in Rome with odds, preview, pick | 8th May 2025

PREVIEW. Rome. De Jong and Shevchenko will square off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Thursday the 8th of May

Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Alexander Shevchenko

Jesper De Jong and Alexander Shevchenko will square off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.62
Alexander Shevchenko -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Alexander Shevchenko

There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jesper De Jong

Jesper De Jong
Jesper De Jong

15 - 14win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
3-2
Clay
11-9
Rank
87
High
87
LWWLWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-15 1-3 13-10 3-2 0-0 0-0
2024 48-25 12-5 33-15 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 52-23 19-4 30-14 0-2 3-3 0-0
2022 24-28 12-7 10-13 2-5 0-3 0-0
2021 32-29 2-6 27-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 93 (career-high), Jesper reached the 1st round after beating Harold Mayot 6-2 6-4 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(5) 6-4.

De Jong has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (268-161). 11-9 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Jong has an aggregate156-87 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

De Jong’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.

De Jong has an overall 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

De Jong
Rome
De Jong's Record

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko
Alexander Shevchenko

10 - 16win/loss

Hard
3-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-8
Rank
97
High
45
WLWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-18 3-7 9-10 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 22-35 8-13 6-12 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 45-34 16-15 19-13 10-5 0-1 0-0
2022 50-33 2-4 41-23 7-6 0-0 0-0
2021 49-27 8-4 33-17 8-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 97, Shevchenko reached the 1st round after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-4 and Marton Fucsovics 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (6-4 6-2). During the match Shevchenko scored 58 points vs Fucsovics’s 47. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Shevchenko scored 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Shevchenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko broke Fucsovics 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shevchenko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

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

Shevchenko has an aggregate 10-16 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.

Shevchenko
Rome
Shevchenko's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.De Jong
A.Shevchenko
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
!
3h:04
3h:04
!
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
38
38
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
67
67
Total points​
135
135
33.5
33.5
Avg point​
67.5
67.5
27
27
Winners
50
50
13.5
13.5
Avg Winners​
25
25
40%
40%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
27/35
27/35
1st won total​
50/76
50/76
!
77%
77%
1st won %
66%
66%
10/24
10/24
2nd won total​
31/45
31/45
42%
42%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
7/15
7/15
2.5/3.5
2.5/3.5
Avg BP won
3.5/7.5
3.5/7.5
!
71%
71%
Won
47%
47%
4
4
Conceded
6
6
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points De Jong Shevchenko
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 18 38
Pts 67-50 135-112
Total Points 117 247
Winners 27 50
%Winners 40% 37%

De Jong played 1 match while Shevchenko competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. De Jong has played 2 set(s) less than Shevchenko (2 vs 4). Therefore, De Jong played 20 games less than Shevchenko. Jesper scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko made 50 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve De Jong Shevchenko
Aces 6 5
Avg per match 6 2.5
1st in 35/59 76/121
%1st in 59% 63%
1st pts 27/35 50/76
%1st pts 77% 66%
2nd pts 10/24 31/45
%2nd pts 42% 69%

De Jong bagged 6 aces . Shevchenko made 5 aces (2.5 per match). De Jong won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks De Jong Shevchenko
Won 5 7
Converted 5/7 7/15
% Converted 71% 47%
Conceded 4 6
Saved 2 4
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

De Jong broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. De Jong lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Shevchenko broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

De Jong
Q1
Mayot
Q3
Seyboth Wild
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 23 41
pts 67-50 67-50
Total points 117 0 117
Winners 27 27
%Winners 40% 0% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 0 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 35/59 / 35/59
% 1st in 59% 0% 59%
1st pts 27/35 / 27/35
% 1st pts 77% 0% 77%
2nd pts 10/24 / 10/24
% 2nd pts 42% 0% 42%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 / 5/7
Converted % 71% 0% 71%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 0/ 2
Saved % 50% 25%
Times Broken 2 2
Shevchenko
Q1
Pablo Ficovich
Q3
Fucsovics
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 18 38
pts 77-65 58-47 135-112
Total points 142 105 247
Winners 23 27 50
%Winners 30% 47% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 37/63 39/58 76/121
% 1st in 59% 67% 63%
1st pts 23/37 27/39 50/76
% 1st pts 62% 69% 66%
2nd pts 18/26 13/19 31/45
% 2nd pts 69% 68% 69%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/10 3/5 7/15
Converted % 40% 60% 47%
Conceded 5 1 6
Saved 3/5 1/1 4
Saved % 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
De Jong
LWWLWLWLLW
Shevchenko
WLWWLWWLLW
2025 2024 2023
17 - 15
12 - 18
1-3
Hard
3-7
3-2
I Hard
0-1
13-10
Clay
9-10

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