Matthew Dellavedova and Luca Castelnuovo will square off in the 1st round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matthew Dellavedova who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matthew Dellavedova is the pick to win this match.
Matthew Dellavedova -> 1.25
Luca Castelnuovo -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Matthew Dellavedova vs. Luca Castelnuovo
This will be the 2nd time that Matthew Dellavedova and Luca Castelnuovo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Castelnuovo (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Castelnuovo won 6-4 0-6 6-2 in the quarter in M25 Maanshan back in April 2026.
Matthew Dellavedova
83 - 27win/loss
283
268
WWWWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90-32 | 63-27 | 2-1 | 25-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-36 | 30-21 | 13-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 60-42 | 26-16 | 33-23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-35 | 35-17 | 15-15 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 63-40 | 56-29 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 293 (career-high), Dellavedova will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Taipei where he lost 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Chen in the final on the 30th of August.
Matthew has an aggregate 83-27 win-loss record in 2026, 60-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Matthew’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Maanshan,M15 Gimcheon,M15 Luan,M15 Tokyo and M15 Tianjin.
Talking about his overall career, Dellavedova has an overall 410-291 record. He has a positive 238-147 record on hard.
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Matthew has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Castelnuovo
22 - 18win/loss
455
342
LLLWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-23 | 20-16 | 1-4 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-23 | 32-18 | 3-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-21 | 25-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-23 | 22-15 | 4-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 9-16 | 8-7 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 461, Luca will start his run in the Zhangjiagang Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Taipei where he lost 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-1 to Chen in the semifinal on the 29th of August.
Luca has an overall 22-18 win-loss record in 2026, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Castelnuovo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Maanshan.
In terms of his career, Luca has an overall 259-229 record. He has a positive 162-139 record on hard.
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
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- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Semen PankinPankin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
