Dali Blanch and Matthew William Donald will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Genoa 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Grandstand. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dali Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dali Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Dali Blanch -> 1.66
Matthew William Donald -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Dali Blanch vs. Matthew William Donald
There is no head to head record between Dali Blanch and Matthew William Donald since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dali Blanch
35 - 23win/loss
325
284
LLLWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-26 | 8-7 | 28-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-30 | 11-14 | 36-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-29 | 9-14 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330, Blanch got to the 2nd round after beating Sandro Kopp 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Kopp (6-3 6-3). During the match, Blanch scored 74 points vs Kopp’s 61. Blanch was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dali Blanch lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Dali broke Kopp 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Blanch has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (178-160). 27-16 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has an overall111-79 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Blanch’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tunis Challenger.
Dali has a compiled 35-23 win-loss record in 2026, 27-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Genoa 2 Challenger
Dali has never competed in this tournament before.
Matthew William Donald
36 - 23win/loss
418
418
WWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46-25 | 5-2 | 32-16 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2025 | 42-30 | 15-10 | 21-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-4 |
| 2024 | 28-28 | 17-13 | 2-11 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-28 | 11-10 | 20-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 4-14 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 468, matthew got to the 2nd round after beating Gianluca Cadenasso 6-3 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Czech defeated Cadenasso (6-3 4-6 7-5). During the match William scored 98 points vs Cadenasso’s 93. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, William scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Matthew William Donald lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, William put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (43/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Cadenasso 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Matthew’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Altamura and M25 Kassel.
William has an aggregate 35-23 win-loss record in 2026, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | William |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 98-93 |
| Total Points | 135 | 191 |
| Winners | 24 | 43 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Both Blanch and William played 1 match. At the moment, Matthew William Donald surrendered 1 set while Dali Blanch hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set(s) less than William (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blanch played 13 games less than William. Dali scored 24 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, William made 43 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | William |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 69/104 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 43/69 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 17/35 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 49% |
Blanch bagged 6 aces . William scored 1 ace . Blanch won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, William won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | William |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 42% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Dali broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Blanch lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. William broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. William conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Kopp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 34/58 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 24/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| William | |||
| R1 Cadenasso |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-93 | 98-93 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 69/104 | 69/104 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 43/69 | 43/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Genoa 2 Challenger
- Tom GentzschGentzsch – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – John SperleSperle (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Mika PetkovicPetkovic – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Giuseppe La VelaLa Vela – Giovanni OradiniOradini (7-66 7-66) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano D’AgostinoD’Agostino (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alejandro Juan ManoJuan Mano – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-6 7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Sean CueninCuenin (7-66 ret.) – See score progression
- Matthew William DonaldWilliam Donald – Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Federico IannacconeIannaccone (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato – Lorenzo BertoBerto (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Cruz Martin ManzanoCruz Martin Manzano – Samuele PieriPieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dali BlanchBlanch – Sandro KoppKopp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Filippo RomanoRomano (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Florian BroskaBroska (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Matthew William DonaldWilliam Donald – Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Juan ManoJuan Mano – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-6 7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Giuseppe La VelaLa Vela – Giovanni OradiniOradini (7-6(6) 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jay ClarkeClarke – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Francesco FortiForti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marvin MoellerMoeller – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
