Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini will face off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 am on Grand Stand Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.35
Matteo Berrettini -> 3.44
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Matteo Berrettini
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Matteo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Matteo Berrettini – Australian Open 14-January-2019
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Tsitsipas reached the 3rd round after defeating Marin Cilic 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Cilic (7-5 6-2). During the match Tsitsipas scored 74 points vs Cilic’s 56. Stefanos was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Cilic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (305-143). 11-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 116-38 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Carlo where he defeated Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3.
Tsitsipas has a 28-7 win-loss record in 2021, 11-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Matteo Berrettini
Ranked no. 9, Berrettini reached the 3rd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 4-6 6-2 6-4 and John Millman 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Millman (6-4 6-2). During the match Berrettini scored 62 points vs Millman’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Berrettini blasted 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matteo Berrettini was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Millman 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Berrettini started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Belgrade where he overcame Aslan Karatsev in the final 6-1 3-6 7-6(0).
Matteo has a 18-4 win-loss record in 2021, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Tsitsipas | Berrettini |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 2 |
Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
Tot Games | 20 | 46 |
Pts | 74-56 | 151-134 |
Total Points | 130 | 285 |
Winners | 33 | 67 |
%Winners | 45% | 44% |
Tsitsipas played 1 match while Berrettini competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Matteo Berrettini surrendered 1 set while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 3 set(s) less than Berrettini (2 vs 5). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 26 games less than Berrettini. The Greek scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo made 67 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Tsitsipas | Berrettini |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 14 |
Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
1st in | 40/59 | 93/146 |
%1st in | 68% | 64% |
1st pts | 33/40 | 67/93 |
%1st pts | 83% | 72% |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 30/53 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Tsitsipas managed to score 3 aces . Berrettini struck 14 aces (7 per match). Tsitsipas won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Tsitsipas | Berrettini |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 7 |
Converted | 3/6 | 7/14 |
% Converted | 50% | 50% |
Conceded | 3 | 7 |
Saved | 3 | 5 |
% Saved | 100% | 71% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Greek broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Stefanos pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Berrettini broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
Tsitsipas | |||
R2 Cilic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 74-56 | 74-56 | |
Total points | 130 | 130 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 45% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Berrettini | ||||
R1 Basilashvili |
R2 Millman |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
pts | 89-87 | 62-47 | 151-134 | |
Total points | 176 | 109 | 285 | |
Winners | 41 | 26 | 67 | |
%Winners | 46% | 42% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 60/96 | 33/50 | 93/146 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 66% | 64% | |
1st pts | 41/60 | 26/33 | 67/93 | |
% 1st pts | 68% | 79% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 19/36 | 11/17 | 30/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 65% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 3/9 | 7/14 | |
Converted % | 80% | 33% | 50% | |
Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
Saved | 5/7 | 0/0 | 5 | |
Saved % | 71% | – | 71% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Hugo DellienDellien (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-6 7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jannik SinnerSinner (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Christian GarinGarin (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Marin CilicCilic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-77 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (w/o) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrey RublevRublev (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Kei NishikoriNishikori (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Rafael NadalNadal (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction