Denis Shapovalov and Govind Nanda will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS GRANDSTAND. 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 2 sets.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.188
Govind Nanda -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Govind Nanda
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Govind Nanda since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
16 - 14win/loss
23
10
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 2-5 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, the Canadian will start his run in Los Cabos after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-4 to Navone in the 1st round on the 1st of July.
The Canadian has a compiled 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Dallas where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Shapovalov has an overall 324-221 record. He has a positive 140-95 record on hard.
Previously in Los Cabos
Shapovalov has never competed in this tournament before.
Govind Nanda
16 - 16win/loss
556
339
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-18 | 15-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-16 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 405, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-4 6-1, Taha Baadi 6-4 6-2 and Colton Smith 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-4 6-2). During the match Nanda scored 71 points vs Smith’s 52. Nanda was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Nanda scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Govind Nanda was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nanda broke Smith 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The American has a composed 16-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Yibing WuWu (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Rajeev RamHarrison/Rajeev Ram – Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanKaliyanda Poonacha/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Govind NandaNanda – Colton SmithSmith (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Blake Bayldon/Tristan SchoolkateBayldon/Tristan Schoolkate – Joshua Paris/Takeru YuzukiParis/Takeru Yuzuki (7-5 6-74 10-7) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Alan MagadanMagadan (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Hady HabibHabib (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Taro DanielDaniel (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- James Duckworth/Adam WaltonDuckworth/Adam Walton – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Matthew Ebden/John PeersEbden/John Peers – Nicolas Mejia/Rodrigo Pacheco MendezMejia/Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Luis Carlos AlvarezCarlos Alvarez – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Govind NandaNanda – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction