Mattia Bellucci and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna will play each other in the 2nd round of the Vicenza Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.86
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
There is no head to head record between Mattia Bellucci and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mattia Bellucci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-27 | 27-14 | 5-2 | 5-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 167, Bellucci reached the 2nd round after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Bellucci had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (6-3 6-3). During the match, Bellucci scored 58 points vs Donskoy’s 41. Bellucci was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bellucci scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mattia Bellucci was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Donskoy 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Bellucci has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (158-83). 2-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bellucci has an overall46-32 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Bellucci has an overall 7-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vicenza Challenger
Bellucci has never competed in this tournament before.
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-27 | 3-3 | 24-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 245, Rodriguez got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Gigante 1-6 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round against Gigante, Santiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Rodriguez scored 80 points vs Gigante’s 66. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Rodriguez managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (13/34) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Gigante 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Argentine’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman and the Barletta Challenger.
Rodriguez has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bellucci | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 58-41 | 80-66 |
| Total Points | 99 | 146 |
| Winners | 24 | 38 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Bellucci and Rodriguez played 1 match. At the moment, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna dropped 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bellucci has played 1 set(s) less than Rodriguez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bellucci played 3 games less than Rodriguez. Mattia scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Santiago recorded 38 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bellucci | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 54/88 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 38/54 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/34 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 38% |
Bellucci managed to score 3 aces . Rodriguez scored 3 aces . Bellucci won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bellucci | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 83% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Mattia broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Rodriguez broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Rodriguez conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bellucci | |||
| R1 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 58-41 | 58-41 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodriguez | |||
| R1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-66 | 80-66 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 54/88 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 13/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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