Andrea Pellegrino and Pierluigi Basile will face off in the quarter of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:30 pm on CENTER 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 Andrea Pellegrino who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrea Pellegrino is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Pellegrino -> 1.31
Pierluigi Basile -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Pierluigi Basile
There is no head to head record between Andrea Pellegrino and Pierluigi Basile since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andrea Pellegrino
23 - 13win/loss
144
109
LWLLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-22 | 1-3 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 37-24 | 0-2 | 37-18 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 0-2 | 24-26 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 2-2 | 28-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-28 | 0-3 | 27-20 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 124 (career-high), Andrea reached the quarter after beating Maks Kasnikowski 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 and Roberto Carballes Baena 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Carballes Baena, Pellegrino recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Pellegrino scored 102 points vs Carballes Baena’s 100. Pellegrino was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pellegrino managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Andrea Pellegrino lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Andrea was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Carballes Baena 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrea has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
ATP Perugia Challenger - Andrea Pellegrino's projected path
Pellegrino has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (282-248). 22-12 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pellegrino has an overall 251-187 match record in the last years on clay.
Pellegrino has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2026, 22-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.
Pierluigi Basile
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 22-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 9-14 | 3-5 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-7 | 4-1 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 660, Pierluigi reached the quarter after defeating Stefano Travaglia 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3 and Francesco Forti 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Pierluigi had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-1 6-3). During the match Basile scored 57 points vs Forti’s 33. Pierluigi was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Basile struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pierluigi Basile was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (19/21) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Forti 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basile has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Perugia Challenger - Pierluigi Basile's projected path
The Italian has a compiled 8-7 win-loss record in 2026, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pellegrino | Basile |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 48 |
| Pts | 204-194 | 158-140 |
| Total Points | 398 | 298 |
| Winners | 90 | 72 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Pellegrino and Basile played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andrea Pellegrino lost 2 sets, while Pierluigi Basile conceded 1 set. Pellegrino has played 1 set more than Basile (6 vs 5). Therefore, Pellegrino played 13 games more than Basile. Andrea scored 90 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Basile bagged 72 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pellegrino | Basile |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 139/215 | 93/163 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 90/139 | 72/93 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 39/76 | 38/70 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 54% |
Pellegrino scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Basile recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Pellegrino won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Basile won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pellegrino | Basile |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/12 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 17 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 10 |
| % Saved | 53% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Pellegrino broke his opponents 10 times with a 83% conversion rate. Pellegrino lost his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pierluigi conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pellegrino | ||||
| R1 Kasnikowski |
R2 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| pts | 102-94 | 102-100 | 204-194 | |
| Total points | 196 | 202 | 398 | |
| Winners | 41 | 49 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/101 | 75/114 | 139/215 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/64 | 49/75 | 90/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 17/39 | 39/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 44% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/5 | 10/12 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 100% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 5/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Basile | ||||
| R1 Travaglia |
R2 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 4-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 16 | 48 | |
| pts | 101-107 | 57-33 | 158-140 | |
| Total points | 208 | 90 | 298 | |
| Winners | 53 | 19 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 33% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 72/119 | 21/44 | 93/163 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 48% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 53/72 | 19/21 | 72/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 90% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/47 | 14/23 | 38/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 61% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/4 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 100% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | – | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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