Prediction Of Shevchenko Vs Cerundolo H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Almaty Open 2024?

What Time Will Alexander Shevchenko Play Against Francisco Cerundolo?

Shevchenko and Cerundolo are on the Day 5 Schedule at Almaty Open 2024 on Friday 18 October 2024. 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, Alexander Shevchenko from Kazakhstan will face Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina. These two players have previously played against each other twice, with the head-to-head series tied at 1-1.

Their first encounter took place at the 24 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells tournament in the United States, where Cerundolo emerged victorious. He defeated Shevchenko with a score of 6-2, 3-1, as Shevchenko had to retire from the match. However, in their second meeting at the 24 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai tournament in China, Shevchenko turned the tables. He won the match, defeating Cerundolo in a close battle with a score of 7-6(7), 7-5.

Shevchenko, 23 years old, is ranked 61st in the world. He reached his career-high ranking of 45th in February 2024 after a significant victory over No. 7 Hugo Rune, which allowed him to reach the quarterfinals in Rotterdam. His performance in 2024 has been relatively inconsistent, with a win-loss record of 21-26, including four quarterfinal appearances. In terms of his overall event performance in 2024, Shevchenko has a 3-2 record, reaching the quarterfinals.

Shevchenko’s breakthrough in the tennis world has been remarkable. He entered the top 300 in March 2022, reached the top 200 in June 2022, and broke into the top 100 in April 2023. His journey to his career-high ranking has been eventful, with notable achievements such as saving two match points against No. 9 Taylor Fritz to secure his first top 10 victory and reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in Basel. He then continued his impressive run by advancing to his first ATP Tour semifinal and final in Metz, concluding his successful 2023 season. In addition, Shevchenko has reached ATP Tour quarterfinals in Montpellier, Rotterdam, Geneva, and Almaty, all in 2024. He has also achieved significant milestones in his career, including his first ATP Tour win at the 2023 Barcelona tournament and his first Grand Slam win at the 2023 Roland Garros.

It is worth noting that Shevchenko has displayed remarkable prowess on indoor hard courts. He has won three top 20 matches, including all three of his victories against top 20 opponents, on indoor hard courts. With his current aim of reaching the semifinals, Shevchenko has the opportunity to become the second player representing Kazakhstan to achieve this feat in tournament history, following Bublik’s achievement in 2021, along with Zhukayev.

The match between Shevchenko and Cerundolo will take place at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 14th to 20th October 2024. This tournament has seen multiple Kazakh players reach the quarterfinals in the past, including Andrey Golubev and Mikhail Kukushkin at the 2013 Moscow tournament, Alexander Bublik and Shevchenko at the 2024 Montpellier tournament, and Shevchenko and Beibit Zhukayev in this edition of the Almaty tournament.

On the other hand, Francisco Cerundolo, aged 26, is currently ranked 31st in the world. He has reached a career-high ranking of 19th, which came in June 2023. Cerundolo’s breakthrough into the top 100 and subsequent rise in the rankings occurred 11 times in 2022. His success continued as he reached a new career-high ranking after his impressive performance at the 2023 Roland Garros, where he reached the fourth round after defeating No. 8 Taylor Fritz in the third round.

Cerundolo’s rise in the ranks was further solidified when he entered the top 25 in July 2022. This achievement was accompanied by his first ATP Tour title at the Bastad tournament, where he defeated No. 5 Casper Ruud. He continued his excellent form by defeating No. 8 Andrey Rublev en route to reaching the semifinals in Hamburg just a week later. Additionally, Cerundolo made history as the first Argentine grass court ATP Tour champion since 1995.

Notably, Cerundolo has also achieved incredible feats in various tournaments. His performance at the 2022 Miami tournament, where he reached the semifinals as the world No. 103, made him the lowest-ranked semifinalist in the tournament’s 37-year history. He also became the first player to reach the semifinals in his ATP Masters 1000 main draw debut since Janowicz in 2012 Paris. Cerundolo comes from a family with a tennis background, as his father Alejandro is a former professional tennis player, his younger brother Juan Manuel won the 2021 Cordoba title, and his sister Constanza represented the Argentine field hockey team, which won a gold medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics.

In this upcoming match, Cerundolo aims to reach his 11th ATP Tour semifinal, his third of 2024, and his second on hard courts. He has already reached the semifinals in Rio and triumphed as the champion in Umag this year. If Cerundolo achieves this feat, he will become the first Argentine to reach an ATP Tour semifinal on surfaces other than clay this season since Baez‘s success at the 2023 Winston-Salem tournament.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Shevchenko will win.
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