Federico Arnaboldi and Svyatoslav Gulin will play each other in the qualifications of the Bari Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Svyatoslav Gulin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Svyatoslav Gulin is the pick to win this match.
Svyatoslav Gulin -> 1.56
Federico Arnaboldi -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Federico Arnaboldi vs. Svyatoslav Gulin
There is no head to head record between Federico Arnaboldi and Svyatoslav Gulin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Federico Arnaboldi
33 - 29win/loss
495
183
WLWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-29 | 2-1 | 27-22 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 17-29 | 2-5 | 11-19 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 0-1 | 40-23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 1-2 | 23-21 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 0-2 | 23-19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 495, Federico got to the qualifications after beating Federico Iannaccone 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Iannaccone, Arnaboldi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3).During the match, Arnaboldi scored less points (9) than Iannaccone. In fact, the world no. 495 won 77 points vs Iannaccone’s. That means that Arnaboldi was more focused during the important points. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Arnaboldi struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Federico Arnaboldi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Arnaboldi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 59% (30/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Iannaccone 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Arnaboldi has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (237-198). 27-22 on clay in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Arnaboldi has a composed191-145 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Federico’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bergamo.
Arnaboldi has an overall 33-29 win-loss record in 2026, 27-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bari Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Svyatoslav Gulin
36 - 21win/loss
567
358
WLWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-21 | 8-4 | 26-15 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-19 | 0-0 | 45-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-27 | 5-4 | 45-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-23 | 6-6 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-21 | 3-3 | 36-15 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 567, Gulin got to the qualifications after defeating Luis Carlos Alvarez 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Carlos Alvarez (7-5 6-1). During the match Gulin scored 64 points vs Carlos Alvarez’s 50. Svyatoslav was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Gulin bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Svyatoslav Gulin lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Gulin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Gulin broke Carlos Alvarez 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
The Russian has an aggregate 36-21 win-loss record in 2026, 26-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Arnaboldi | Gulin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 |
| Pts | 77-86 | 64-50 |
| Total Points | 163 | 114 |
| Winners | 30 | 24 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Arnaboldi and Gulin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Federico Arnaboldi dropped 1 set while Svyatoslav Gulin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Arnaboldi has played 1 set more than Gulin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Arnaboldi played 7 games more than Gulin. Arnaboldi scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Gulin blasted 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Arnaboldi | Gulin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 30/50 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 45% |
Arnaboldi scored 2 aces . Gulin bagged 6 aces . Arnaboldi won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gulin won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Arnaboldi | Gulin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 46% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Federico broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Arnaboldi lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Svyatoslav broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Gulin conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Arnaboldi | |||
| Q1 Iannaccone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 77-86 | 77-86 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/81 | 51/81 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gulin | |||
| Q1 Carlos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 64-50 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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