Andrea Pellegrino and Raul Brancaccio will square off in the quarter of the Napoli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on CAMPO FABRIZIO GASPARINI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Pellegrino who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrea Pellegrino is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Pellegrino -> 1.71
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Raul Brancaccio
There is no head to head record between Andrea Pellegrino and Raul Brancaccio since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andrea Pellegrino
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), Andrea reached the quarter after beating Jacopo Berrettini 6-2 6-4 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-3 6-3). During the match, Pellegrino scored 58 points vs Hanfmann’s 43. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pellegrino wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Andrea Pellegrino conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 74% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Hanfmann 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Pellegrino has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (191-166). 20-21 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pellegrino has a compiled155-116 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Rome 1 Challenger where he defeated Hugo Gaston in the final 3-6 6-2 6-1.
The Italian has a compiled 21-25 win-loss record in 2021, 20-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Napoli Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016. See his history.
Raul Brancaccio
Ranked no. 335, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Augusto Virgili 6-2 6-2, Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-2 6-2, Bogdan Ionut Apostol 7-61 4-0 ret. and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-76 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Brancaccio defeated Kolar (6-4 6-76 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 104 points vs Kolar’s 90. Brancaccio was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Kolar 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Brancaccio’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Brancaccio has a compiled 43-19 win-loss record in 2021, 41-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pellegrino | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 80 |
| Pts | 126-92 | 291-207 |
| Total Points | 218 | 498 |
| Winners | 54 | 93 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Pellegrino played 2 matches while Brancaccio competed in 4 matches. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Pellegrino had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio lost 1 set while Andrea Pellegrino hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pellegrino has played 6 set(s) less than Brancaccio (4 vs 10). Therefore, Pellegrino played 44 games less than Brancaccio. Andrea scored 54 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 93 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pellegrino | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 136/224 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 54/72 | 93/136 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 58/88 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 66% |
Pellegrino didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Brancaccio scored 8 aces (2 per match). Pellegrino won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pellegrino | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 21 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 21/37 |
| % Converted | 54% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Andrea broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Andrea lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Brancaccio broke his opponents 21 times with a 57% conversion rate. Raul conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pellegrino | ||||
| R1 Berrettini |
R2 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 58-43 | 126-92 | |
| Total points | 117 | 101 | 218 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 55% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 39/53 | 72/105 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 32/39 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 7/14 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 50% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brancaccio | ||||||
| Q1 Virgili |
Q3 Jecan |
R1 Ionut Apostol |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-61 4-0 ret. | 6-4 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 17 | 31 | 80 | |
| pts | 68-40 | 62-40 | 57-37 | 104-90 | 291-207 | |
| Total points | 108 | 102 | 94 | 194 | 498 | |
| Winners | 15 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 29% | 32% | 40% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 19/42 | 25/40 | 26/41 | 66/101 | 136/224 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 63% | 63% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 18/25 | 18/26 | 42/66 | 93/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 69% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 11/15 | 11/15 | 20/35 | 58/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 73% | 73% | 57% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 7/13 | 21/37 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 83% | 67% | 54% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 33% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
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