Stefano Napolitano and Gonzalo Villanueva will clash against each other in the quarter of the Cordenons Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. 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 -> 1.52
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Gonzalo Villanueva
This will be the 3rd time that Stefano Napolitano and Gonzalo Villanueva play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Napolitano (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Napolitano won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in the Verona Challenger back in 2023.
Stefano Napolitano
25 - 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 reached the quarter after defeating Felix Balshaw 6-1 4-6 6-1 and Alex Barrena 6-4 3-6 7-6(2).
In the 2nd round, Napolitano defeated Barrena (6-4 3-6 7-62). During the match, Napolitano scored 104 points vs Barrena’s 101. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Napolitano managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Barrena 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Cordenons Challenger - Stefano Napolitano's projected path
Napolitano has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (237-204). 15-7 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Napolitano has an overall 130-100 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Napolitano’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger and the Mexico City Challenger.
Stefano has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2026, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See his history.
Gonzalo Villanueva
31 - 19win/loss
328
268
LLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-25 | 4-2 | 40-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-32 | 1-1 | 41-30 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-34 | 2-2 | 41-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-40 | 5-4 | 39-36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-33 | 1-5 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 352, Gonzalo got to the quarter after beating Kasra Rahmani 3-6 6-1 1-0 ret., Giammarco Gandolfi 6-0 6-3, Michele Ribecai 6-1 6-2 and Juan Cruz Martin Manzano 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Gonzalo had a good straight sets win against Cruz Martin Manzano (6-2 6-0). During the match Villanueva scored 58 points vs Cruz Martin Manzano’s 26. Villanueva was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Villanueva scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gonzalo Villanueva was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (17/21) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Villanueva broke Cruz Martin Manzano 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Villanueva started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 64% of the points he played.
ATP Cordenons Challenger - Gonzalo Villanueva's projected path
Gonzalo’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Villa Maria and the Piracicaba Challenger.
Villanueva has a compiled 31-19 win-loss record in 2026, 28-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 61 |
| Pts | 181-157 | 245-150 |
| Total Points | 338 | 395 |
| Winners | 71 | 87 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Napolitano played 2 matches while Villanueva competed in 4 matches. Villanueva started his run from the qualifications while Napolitano had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Napolitano dropped 2 sets, while Gonzalo Villanueva lost 1 set. Napolitano has played 4 set(s) less than Villanueva (6 vs 10). Therefore, Napolitano played 5 games less than Villanueva. Stefano scored 71 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine blasted 87 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 95/160 | 128/190 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 71/95 | 87/128 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 38/65 | 44/62 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 71% |
Napolitano struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Villanueva recorded 7 aces (1.8 per match). Napolitano won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Villanueva won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Villanueva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 19 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 19/38 |
| % Converted | 53% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Stefano broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Napolitano conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponents 19 times with a 50% conversion rate. Villanueva conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Balshaw |
R2 Barrena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 104-101 | 181-157 | |
| Total points | 133 | 205 | 338 | |
| Winners | 29 | 42 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/63 | 60/97 | 95/160 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 42/60 | 71/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 22/37 | 38/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Villanueva | ||||||
| Q1 Rahmani |
Q3 Gandolfi |
R1 Ribecai |
R2 Cruz Martin Manzano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 1-0 ret. | 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 61 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 57-33 | 63-40 | 58-26 | 245-150 | |
| Total points | 118 | 90 | 103 | 84 | 395 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% | 37% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 39/52 | 36/52 | 21/32 | 128/190 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 75% | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 25/39 | 23/36 | 17/21 | 87/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 64% | 64% | 81% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 9/13 | 11/16 | 9/11 | 44/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 69% | 69% | 82% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/8 | 5/9 | 6/11 | 19/38 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 63% | 56% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 80% | 0% | 111% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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