Alexander Shevchenko and Federico Cina will play each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 square off in the main tour.

Alexander Shevchenko

Ranked no. 100, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Christoph Negritu 6-4 6-1 and Jan Choinski 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Shevchenko had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-3 6-2). During the match, Shevchenko scored 61 points vs Choinski’s 45. Shevchenko was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shevchenko managed to score 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 surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 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 a compiled185-114 record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

Alexander has an aggregate 19-21 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

Federico Cina

Ranked no. 287 (career-high), Cina got to the quarter after defeating Hynek Barton 7-6(5) 6-3 and Emilio Nava 7-6(3) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Italian 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 blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Federico Cina was pretty efficient 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. Cina 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 a composed 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. Shevchenko scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Cina managed to score 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 made 14 aces (7 per match). Cina fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Shevchenko won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 77% of the points behind 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

Shevchenko broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Shevchenko pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Italian 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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