Stefano Napolitano and Philip Henning will play each other in the quarter of the Centurion 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.51
Philip Henning -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Philip Henning
There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Philip Henning since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Stefano Napolitano
21 - 9win/loss
279
121
LWLLLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-21 | 7-6 | 16-13 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 19-19 | 2-5 | 12-10 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 246, Stefano got to the quarter after defeating Stefan Vujic 6-2 6-4 and Alec Beckley 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Stefano had a good straight sets win against Beckley (6-4 6-2). During the match, Napolitano scored 78 points vs Beckley’s 63. Stefano was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Napolitano scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the 2nd serve. Napolitano broke Beckley 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
ATP Centurion 1 Challenger - Stefano Napolitano's projected path
Napolitano has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (233-200). 6-2 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Napolitano has a compiled 57-47 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Stefano’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Kigali 1 Challenger and the Mexico City Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 21-9 win-loss record in 2026, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Centurion 1 Challenger
Napolitano has never competed in this tournament before.
Philip Henning
17 - 9win/loss
268
250
WLWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-18 | 20-7 | 12-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 48-16 | 44-11 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 55-15 | 43-9 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-4 | 23-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 319, Philip got to the quarter after beating Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk 6-3 6-3 and Luc Koenig 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The South African had a good straight sets win against Koenig (6-2 6-2). During the match Henning scored 62 points vs Koenig’s 41. Philip was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Henning recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Philip Henning was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Henning broke Koenig 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The South African hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
ATP Centurion 1 Challenger - Philip Henning's projected path
The South African’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Henning has a composed 17-9 win-loss record in 2026, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 34 |
| Pts | 146-114 | 127-86 |
| Total Points | 260 | 213 |
| Winners | 44 | 53 |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% |
Both Napolitano and Henning played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Napolitano and Henning have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Napolitano played 2 games more than Henning. Stefano scored 44 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Philip struck 53 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 63/118 | 69/106 |
| %1st in | 53% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/63 | 53/69 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 36/55 | 22/37 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Napolitano fired 4 aces (2 per match). Henning made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Napolitano won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Henning won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Henning |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 33% | 47% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 11 | 9 |
| % Saved | 92% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Napolitano dropped his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Henning broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Henning conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Vujic |
R2 Beckley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 78-63 | 146-114 | |
| Total points | 119 | 141 | 260 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 28% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 33/64 | 63/118 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/33 | 44/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 19/31 | 36/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 61% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/13 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 31% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 8/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 89% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Henning | ||||
| R1 Henry Van Schalkwyk |
R2 Koenig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 65-45 | 62-41 | 127-86 | |
| Total points | 110 | 103 | 213 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 36/52 | 69/106 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 27/36 | 53/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 9/16 | 22/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/11 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 36% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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