Dali Blanch and Lorenzo Angelini will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Plovdiv Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dali Blanch who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dali Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Dali Blanch -> 1.173
Lorenzo Angelini -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Dali Blanch vs. Lorenzo Angelini
There is no head to head record between Dali Blanch and Lorenzo Angelini since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dali Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-24 | 8-7 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-30 | 11-14 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 9-14 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Dali reached the 2nd round after defeating Dinko Dinev 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Dinev (6-4 6-2). During the match, Blanch scored 71 points vs Dinev’s 53. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blanch fired 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 53% of his first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Dali broke Dinev 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Blanch has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (173-151). 23-8 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanch has an aggregate107-71 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Blanch’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tunis Challenger.
Blanch has a composed 30-14 win-loss record in 2026, 23-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Plovdiv Challenger
Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Angelini
23 - 11win/loss
575
564
LWLLLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34-21 | 11-3 | 21-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-25 | 12-6 | 33-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 734 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Iiro Vasa 6-1 3-1 ret., Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-0 6-1 and Gabriele Piraino 2-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Piraino, Angelini recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Angelini scored 88 points vs Piraino’s 77. Angelini was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Angelini scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Angelini lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Angelini put 70% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Lorenzo broke Piraino 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Angelini’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion.
The Italian has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2026, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Angelini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 49 |
| Pts | 71-53 | 191-132 |
| Total Points | 124 | 323 |
| Winners | 23 | 62 |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% |
Blanch played 1 match while Angelini competed in 3 matches. Angelini started his run from the qualifications while Blanch had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Lorenzo Angelini surrendered 1 set while Dali Blanch hasn’t lost a set so far. Blanch has played 6 set(s) less than Angelini (2 vs 8). Therefore, Blanch played 31 games less than Angelini. Dali scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo fired 62 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Angelini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 100/157 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 62/100 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 32/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 56% |
Blanch blasted 6 aces . Angelini fired 2 aces (0.7 per match). Blanch won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Angelini won 62% of the points on 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 | Blanch | Angelini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 18 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 18/27 |
| % Converted | 42% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Dali broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Lorenzo broke his opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. Angelini conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Dinev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 71-53 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 30/57 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Angelini | |||||
| Q1 Vasa |
Q3 Kumar |
R1 Piraino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-1 ret. | 6-0 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 13 | 25 | 49 | |
| pts | 41-21 | 62-34 | 88-77 | 191-132 | |
| Total points | 62 | 96 | 165 | 323 | |
| Winners | 9 | 22 | 31 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 35% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 16/31 | 30/49 | 54/77 | 100/157 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 61% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 9/16 | 22/30 | 31/54 | 62/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 73% | 57% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/19 | 12/23 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/9 | 7/12 | 18/27 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 67% | 58% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 44% | 119% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Plovdiv Challenger
- Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo AngeliniAngelini – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Eero VasaVasa – Manas Manoj DhamneManoj Dhamne (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Nikita BilozertsevBilozertsev (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Thomas FancuttFancutt (3-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig – Philip HenningHenning (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander VasilevVasilev – Niels ViskerVisker (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Petr NesterovNesterov – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Dinko DinevDinev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Iliyan RadulovRadulov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ognjen MilicMilic – Yanaki MilevMilev (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommaso CompagnucciCompagnucci – Maxim MrvaMrva (7-65 6-73 6-2) – See score progression
- Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig – Philip HenningHenning (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Nikita BilozertsevBilozertsev (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Thomas FancuttFancutt (3-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander VasilevVasilev – Niels ViskerVisker (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo AngeliniAngelini – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Petr NesterovNesterov – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Eero VasaVasa – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Jelle SelsSels (1-0) – H2H and prediction
