

What Time Will Miomir Kecmanovic Play Against Denis Shapovalov?
Kecmanovic and Shapovalov are on the Day 3 Schedule at Dallas Open 2025 on Wednesday 5 February 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?
Miomir Kecmanovic and Denis Shapovalov have faced each other in five previous matches. Shapovalov has the upper hand, winning all four of their head-to-head encounters so far. Their first meeting was in the 2019 Winston-Salem tournament, where Shapovalov defeated Kecmanovic 6-2, 6-3. They also met in the 2019 Tokyo tournament, with Shapovalov winning again in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4. In the 2023 Acapulco tournament, they had a three-set battle, with Shapovalov eventually winning 6-7(4), 6-0, 7-5. Their most recent encounter was in the 2024 Washington tournament, where Shapovalov came back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. They also met in the USA F14 tournament, with Shapovalov winning in a three-set thriller, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(6).
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Looking at their performance in the last 52 weeks, Shapovalov has a higher attack conversion score (28%) compared to Kecmanovic (23%). Shapovalov also has a higher steal score (32%) and serve quality (8.2) compared to Kecmanovic (30% and 7.6, respectively). However, Kecmanovic surpasses the tour average in consistency, with a higher forehand quality (8.1), backhand quality (7.5), and a higher attack percentage (4% higher than the tour average) on both his forehand and backhand. This consistent performance puts Kecmanovic on the Top 10 Forehand leaderboard and very close to the Top 10 Backhand leaderboard.
Miomir Kecmanovic is 25 years old and currently ranked 55th in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th in January 2023. In 2020, Kecmanovic won his first ATP Tour title at the Kitzbuhel tournament, which helped him break into the Top 40. He also had a successful 2022 season, earning a personal-best of 38 wins and reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Wimbledon. He has also made it to the ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinals at the 2019 Indian Wells tournament and the 2022 Indian Wells and Miami tournaments. As a junior player, Kecmanovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the 2015 Orange Bowl to claim the title.
Denis Shapovalov is also 25 years old and currently ranked 54th in the world. He achieved his career-high ranking of 10th after becoming the first Canadian man to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open in 2020. He continued his success by reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2021 Wimbledon tournament, where he defeated Andy Murray and had two five-set wins. Shapovalov has also reached the final of the 2019 Paris tournament and four other ATP Masters 1000 semifinals. As a junior player, he won the 2016 Wimbledon boys’ singles title and broke into the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings shortly after.
It is worth noting that Kecmanovic is the only Serbian player competing in the event since it moved to Dallas. He aims to avoid losing five tour-level matches in a row to an opponent for the second time in his career, as he holds a 0-6 record against Roberto Bautista Agut. Shapovalov, on the other hand, has previously won a title in Belgrade and lost to Yibing Wu in his only previous appearance in Dallas in 2023.
Overall, Shapovalov has a winning record against Kecmanovic in their previous encounters. However, Kecmanovic has shown consistency and impressive performance on his forehand and backhand. It will be interesting to see how these two players perform in their upcoming match at the Grandstand.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Kecmanovic will win.
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