Javier Barranco Cosano and John Sperle will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Genoa 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Javier Barranco Cosano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Javier Barranco Cosano is the pick to win this match.
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 1.52
John Sperle -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Javier Barranco Cosano vs. John Sperle
There is no head to head record between Javier Barranco Cosano and John Sperle since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Javier Barranco Cosano
20 - 12win/loss
587
211
LWLLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-13 | 6-4 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-25 | 5-5 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 8-5 | 33-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 580, Barranco Cosano reached the qualifications after defeating Elia Ruffino 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Barranco Cosano had a good straight sets win against Ruffino (6-2 6-3). During the match, Barranco Cosano scored 64 points vs Ruffino’s 39. Barranco Cosano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barranco Cosano scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Javier Barranco Cosano was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Barranco Cosano broke Ruffino 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Barranco Cosano has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (356-239). 13-7 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barranco Cosano has a compiled 319-203 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Gandia.
The Spaniard has a compiled 19-12 win-loss record in 2026, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genoa 2 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
John Sperle
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 34-21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 31-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-26 | 6-8 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 10-7 | 32-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 1-2 | 24-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 708, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Sergi Fita Juan 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Fita Juan (6-3 6-1). During the match Sperle scored 59 points vs Fita Juan’s 38. The German was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sperle struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. John Sperle was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. John broke Fita Juan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Sperle’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Pecs.
Sperle has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2026, 32-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barranco Cosano | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-39 | 59-38 |
| Total Points | 103 | 97 |
| Winners | 21 | 22 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Barranco Cosano and Sperle played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Barranco Cosano and Sperle have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Barranco Cosano played 1 game more than Sperle. Barranco Cosano scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barranco Cosano | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 29/43 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/14 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 79% |
Barranco Cosano managed to score 3 aces . Sperle made 3 aces . Barranco Cosano won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Sperle won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barranco Cosano | Sperle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Barranco Cosano broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. John broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sperle was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Barranco Cosano | |||
| Q1 Ruffino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sperle | |||
| Q1 Fita |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 59-38 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 11/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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