Chun Hsin Tseng and Luca Castagnola will play each other in the qualifications of the Genova Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Chun Hsin Tseng who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Chun Hsin Tseng is the pick to win this match.
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.29
Luca Castagnola -> 3.35
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Prediction and head to head Chun Hsin Tseng vs. Luca Castagnola
There is no head to head record between Chun Hsin Tseng and Luca Castagnola since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Chun Hsin Tseng
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-22 | 7-7 | 31-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-25 | 9-8 | 12-15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 11-12 | 28-11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 9-8 | 30-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 4-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Chun got to the qualifications after beating Mircea-Alexandru Jecan 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Hsin Tseng had a good straight sets win against Jecan (6-0 6-0). During the match, Hsin Tseng scored 51 points vs Jecan’s 22. Hsin Tseng was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hsin Tseng scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Chun Hsin Tseng was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (15/18) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chun broke Jecan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Hsin Tseng has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (182-130). 8-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsin Tseng has a compiled83-57 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Hsin Tseng has a composed 13-22 win-loss record in 2023, 8-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genova Challenger
Hsin Tseng has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Castagnola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 13-7 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-31 | 10-6 | 31-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-31 | 5-3 | 44-27 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-20 | 14-9 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 696, Luca got to the qualifications after beating Gabriele Piraino 6-3 5-7 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Piraino (6-3 5-7 6-1). During the match Castagnola scored 89 points vs Piraino’s 80. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Castagnola scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luca Castagnola lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Castagnola put 55% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Piraino 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Castagnola’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Pescara.
Luca has an overall 35-27 win-loss record in 2023, 28-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hsin Tseng | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 28 |
| Pts | 51-22 | 89-80 |
| Total Points | 73 | 169 |
| Winners | 15 | 29 |
| %Winners | 29% | 33% |
Both Hsin Tseng and Castagnola played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Luca Castagnola surrendered 1 set while Chun Hsin Tseng hasn’t lost a set so far. Hsin Tseng has played 1 set(s) less than Castagnola (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hsin Tseng played 16 games less than Castagnola. Hsin Tseng scored 15 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Castagnola recorded 29 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hsin Tseng | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 47/86 |
| %1st in | 51% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 29/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 22/39 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Hsin Tseng scored 1 ace . Castagnola also made 2 aces . Hsin Tseng won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Castagnola won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hsin Tseng | Castagnola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 55% | 58% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Chun broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hsin Tseng was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Castagnola broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hsin Tseng | |||
| Q1 Jecan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 51-22 | 51-22 | |
| Total points | 73 | 73 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 15/18 | 15/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Castagnola | |||
| Q1 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/86 | 47/86 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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