Marco Trungelliti and Marco Cecchinato will face off in the quarter of the Szczecin Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Trungelliti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Trungelliti is the pick to win this match.
Marco Trungelliti -> 1.58
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Marco Trungelliti vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 6th time that Marco Trungelliti and Marco Cecchinato play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Trungelliti won 4-6 6-0 6-3 in the final in the Kigali 2 Challenger back in March 2026.
Marco Trungelliti
30 - 25win/loss
90
76
LWLWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-27 | 7-7 | 24-15 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-29 | 4-5 | 42-19 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-28 | 12-11 | 31-15 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 7-8 | 30-19 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-16 | 4-3 | 16-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Trungelliti reached the quarter after beating Sean Cuenin 7-6(4) 6-2 and Filip Pieczonka 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Pieczonka, The Argentine recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-5 6-4). During the match, Trungelliti scored 102 points vs Pieczonka’s 100. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Trungelliti blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Marco Trungelliti was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (53/75) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Marco broke Pieczonka 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marco has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.
ATP Szczecin Challenger - Marco Trungelliti's projected path
Trungelliti has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (322-231). 23-14 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Trungelliti has a compiled 248-141 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Kigali 2 Challenger where he overcame Marco Cecchinato in the final 4-6 6-0 6-3.
The Argentine has a composed 30-25 win-loss record in 2026, 23-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Marco Cecchinato
40 - 26win/loss
163
16
LWWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-27 | 1-2 | 39-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Marco got to the quarter after defeating Henri Squire 7-5 6-3 and Marvin Moeller 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Moeller (7-65 6-74 6-2). During the match Cecchinato scored 117 points vs Moeller’s 109. Marco was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato blasted 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 60% of his first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (29/47) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Moeller 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Szczecin Challenger - Marco Cecchinato's projected path
Cecchinato’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 2 Challenger and the Milan Challenger.
Marco has an aggregate 40-26 win-loss record in 2026, 39-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Trungelliti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 55 |
| Pts | 176-167 | 189-173 |
| Total Points | 343 | 362 |
| Winners | 90 | 77 |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% |
Both Trungelliti and Cecchinato played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marco Trungelliti dropped 1 set, while Marco Cecchinato lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Trungelliti and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Trungelliti played 1 game more than Cecchinato. Trungelliti scored 90 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato recorded 77 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Trungelliti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 124/186 | 122/195 |
| %1st in | 67% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 90/124 | 77/122 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 30/62 | 42/73 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Trungelliti blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Cecchinato blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Trungelliti won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Trungelliti | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 20 |
| Saved | 9 | 16 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Trungelliti broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marco dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Cecchinato conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Trungelliti | ||||
| R1 Cuenin |
R2 Pieczonka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 6-73 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 35 | 56 | |
| pts | 74-67 | 102-100 | 176-167 | |
| Total points | 141 | 202 | 343 | |
| Winners | 37 | 53 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 49/77 | 75/109 | 124/186 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 53/75 | 90/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 19/34 | 30/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 56% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 71% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Squire |
R2 Moeller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-65 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 34 | 55 | |
| pts | 72-64 | 117-109 | 189-173 | |
| Total points | 136 | 226 | 362 | |
| Winners | 35 | 42 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 70/117 | 122/195 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 42/70 | 77/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 29/47 | 42/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 62% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/11 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 45% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8/11 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 73% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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