Prediction Of Cerundolo Vs Shevchenko H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bmw Open By Bitpanda 2025?

What Time Will Francisco Cerundolo Play Against Alexander Shevchenko?

Cerundolo and Shevchenko are on the Day 4 Schedule at Bmw Open By Bitpanda 2025 on Thursday 17 April 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the upcoming match between Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) and Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ), Cerundolo currently leads the head-to-head record 2-1. They have faced each other in three previous matches: in the round of 64 at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, Cerundolo won 6-2 3-1 due to retirement; in the round of 64 at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, Shevchenko won 7-6(7) 7-5; and in the quarterfinals of Almaty, Cerundolo won 6-2 6-3.

Looking at the insights from their 52-week averages, Cerundolo has a 22% in-breaking attack, 70% conversion score, 36% steal score, 7.4 serve quality, 7.2 return quality, 8.2 forehand quality, and 7.3 backhand quality. On the other hand, Shevchenko has a 23% in-breaking attack, 63% conversion score, 32% steal score, 7.6 serve quality, 6.1 return quality, 6.7 forehand quality, and 6.5 backhand quality. The tour average for these stats is 24% in-breaking attack, 69% conversion score, 31% steal score, 7.9 serve quality, 6.5 return quality, 7.5 forehand quality, and 7.1 backhand quality.

Francisco Cerundolo is 26 years old and currently ranked number 22 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of number 19 in June 2023 after breaking into the top 100 eleven times in 2022. He achieved his career-high ranking after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 Roland Garros, where he defeated number 8-ranked Taylor Fritz in the third round. Cerundolo moved into the top 25 in July 2022 after winning his first ATP Tour title in Bastad and defeating number 5-ranked Casper Ruud and number 8-ranked Andrey Rublev in back-to-back weeks. He also became the first Argentine ATP Tour champion on grass since 1995 when he won the 2023 Eastbourne title. Cerundolo’s notable achievements include being the lowest-ranked semifinalist in the 2022 Miami tournament’s history and reaching the semifinals in his ATP Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2012 Paris tournament, following in the footsteps of Jerzy Janowicz. His family has a strong sporting background, with his father Alejandro being a former pro tennis player, his younger brother Juan Manuel winning the 2021 Cordoba title, and his sister Constanza playing for the Argentine field hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics. Cerundolo aims to reach his sixth tour-level quarterfinal of the season and his 28th overall. He also seeks his 20th clay-court quarterfinal and looks to continue his streak of reaching the quarterfinals in ATP 500 clay-court events, following his appearances in the 2024 Rio de Janeiro semifinals, 2024 Hamburg quarterfinals, and 2025 Rio de Janeiro quarterfinals.

Alexander Shevchenko is 24 years old and currently ranked number 104 in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of number 45 in February 2024 after breaking into the top 300 in March 2022, the top 200 in June 2022, and the top 100 in April 2023. Shevchenko’s notable achievements include saving two match points to earn his first top 10 win over Taylor Fritz and reaching his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in Basel. He also advanced to his first semifinal and final in Metz, ending his 2023 season on a high note. He reached ATP Tour quarterfinals in Montpellier, Rotterdam, Geneva, and Almaty during the 2024 season. Shevchenko earned his first ATP Tour win at the 2023 Barcelona tournament and his first Grand Slam win at the 2023 Roland Garros. He had a successful run at the 2022 Bratislava Challenger, where he reached the final without dropping a set, and also won the 2023 Tenerife-1 title. Shevchenko aims to reach his seventh ATP Tour quarterfinal, his second on clay, and secure his first top 30 win on clay.

It is worth noting that lucky losers have reached the quarterfinals in Munich in the 21st century, including Alejandro Tabilo in 2022, Jozef Kovalik in 2016, Norbert Gombos in 2021, and Ricardas Berankis in 2014.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cerundolo will win.
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