Stefano Napolitano and Alex Barrena will face off in the 2nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.727
Alex Barrena -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Alex Barrena
There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Alex Barrena since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Stefano Napolitano
24 - 13win/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. 240, Napolitano got to the 2nd round after beating Felix Balshaw 6-1 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Balshaw (6-1 4-6 6-1). During the match, Napolitano scored 77 points vs Balshaw’s 56. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Napolitano recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was very efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Balshaw 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Napolitano has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (236-204). 14-7 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Napolitano has a composed 129-100 record in the last years on clay.
Stefano’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger and the Mexico City Challenger.
Napolitano has a composed 24-13 win-loss record in 2026, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See his history.
Alex Barrena
13 - 20win/loss
240
167
WLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25-28 | 0-2 | 25-25 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-26 | 0-1 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 245, Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Agamenone, Barrena recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 7-5). During the match Barrena scored 117 points vs Agamenone’s 107. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 66 winners.
Talking about serving, Barrena scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Barrena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Barrena put 84% of his first serves in, winning 68% (66/97) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Agamenone 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Barrena has a composed 13-20 win-loss record in 2026, 13-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 35 |
| Pts | 77-56 | 117-107 |
| Total Points | 133 | 224 |
| Winners | 29 | 66 |
| %Winners | 38% | 56% |
Both Napolitano and Barrena played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Napolitano conceded 1 set, while Alex Barrena lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Napolitano and Barrena have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Napolitano played 11 games less than Barrena. Stefano scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 66 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 97/115 |
| %1st in | 56% | 84% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 66/97 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Napolitano managed to score 3 aces . Barrena bagged 1 ace . Napolitano won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 56% | 63% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Napolitano broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Napolitano dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | |||
| R1 Balshaw |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 77-56 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrena | |||
| R1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 117-107 | 117-107 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 66 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 97/115 | 97/115 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 66/97 | 66/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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