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Denis Shapovalov #54 def. Tommy Paul #9

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 8, 2025*
Tournament	Nexo Dallas Open
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Denis Shapovalov
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Tommy Paul
Duration	1h 34m

Stat	Denis Shapovalov	Tommy Paul
Aces	6	2
Double faults	4	0
First serve %	64	60
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	46	52
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	290	265
Return rating	164	76

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Shapovalov	Tommy Paul
Country	CAN	USA
Birth date	Apr 15, 1999	May 17, 1997
Age	25	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,021	3,495
Elo (entering)	1,919	2,005
Career W-L	224–190	227–146
Career earnings	$15,218,042	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Denis Shapovalov 1 – 3 Tommy Paul

Path

Denis Shapovalov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 2025	QF	Tomas Machac	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2025	R16	Taylor Fritz	2-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 2025	R32	Miomir Kecmanovic	6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Shapovalov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 2025	F	Casper Ruud	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 2025	QF	Reilly Opelka	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2025	R16	Ethan Quinn	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 6, 2025	R32	Jenson Brooksby	6-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data