Andrea Pellegrino and Mika Petkovic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Genoa Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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
Mika Petkovic -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Pellegrino vs. Mika Petkovic
There is no head to head record between Andrea Pellegrino and Mika Petkovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Andrea Pellegrino
29 - 21win/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. 129, the Italian will start his run in the Genoa Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-4 to Smith in the qualifications on the 25th of August.
Andrea has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2026, 27-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Pellegrino has an overall 345-302 record. He has a positive 300-225 record on clay.
Previously in the Genoa Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022 and 2025. See his history.
Mika Petkovic
41 - 23win/loss
458
428
LLLWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-25 | 0-1 | 30-18 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2025 | 43-31 | 10-6 | 25-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 2024 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 432, Mika reached the 1st round after defeating Daniel Salazar Martinez 6-2 6-2 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 3-6 7-6(7).
In the qualifications, Mika had a good straight sets win against Salazar Martinez (6-2 6-2). During the match Petkovic scored 56 points vs Salazar Martinez’s 35. Mika was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Petkovic managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mika Petkovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 95% (19/20) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Salazar Martinez 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
ATP Genoa Challenger - Mika Petkovic's projected path
Petkovic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Oegstgeest.
Petkovic has a composed 41-23 win-loss record in 2026, 30-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-72 7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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