Alexander Shevchenko and Federico Cina will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 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 Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.51
Federico Cina -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Federico Cina
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
19 - 21win/loss
98
45
LLLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-24 | 3-7 | 16-14 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 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. 100, Shevchenko reached the quarter after defeating Christoph Negritu 6-4 6-1 and Jan Choinski 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-3 6-2). During the match, Shevchenko scored 61 points vs Choinski’s 45. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Choinski 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Shevchenko has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (271-192). 15-13 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has an overall185-114 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
Alexander has a composed 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Federico Cina
17 - 7win/loss
279
279
LWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-10 | 14-3 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-23 | 18-15 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 287 (career-high), Federico reached the quarter after defeating Hynek Barton 7-6(5) 6-3 and Emilio Nava 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Federico had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-63 6-3). During the match Cina scored 67 points vs Nava’s 57. Federico was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Cina recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Federico Cina was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Federico broke Nava twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Federico hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,the Hersonissos 2 Challenger and the Tbilisi Challenger.
Federico has an aggregate 17-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 44 |
| Pts | 128-92 | 150-130 |
| Total Points | 220 | 280 |
| Winners | 46 | 78 |
| %Winners | 36% | 52% |
Both Shevchenko and Cina played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Cina have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Shevchenko played 10 games less than Cina. The Kazakhstani scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Federico recorded 78 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 101/147 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 78/101 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 26/42 | 25/46 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 54% |
Shevchenko bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Cina blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Shevchenko won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexander had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Cina broke his opponents 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Cina conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | ||||
| R1 Negritu |
R2 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 61-45 | 128-92 | |
| Total points | 114 | 106 | 220 | |
| Winners | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 28/54 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 19/28 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 68% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 19/26 | 26/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 73% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/5 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cina | ||||
| R1 Barton |
R2 Nava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 67-57 | 150-130 | |
| Total points | 156 | 124 | 280 | |
| Winners | 43 | 35 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 59/86 | 42/61 | 101/147 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/59 | 35/42 | 78/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 10/19 | 25/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 2/4 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 50% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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