Federico Iannaccone and Yanaki Milev will clash against each other in the qualifications of the San Gregorio di Catania Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Federico Iannaccone who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Federico Iannaccone is the pick to win this match.
Federico Iannaccone -> 1.84
Yanaki Milev -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Federico Iannaccone vs. Yanaki Milev
There is no head to head record between Federico Iannaccone and Yanaki Milev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Federico Iannaccone
31 - 21win/loss
587
443
WLWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31-21 | 12-7 | 15-12 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-32 | 10-8 | 20-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-81 | 17-59 | 25-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-30 | 13-6 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-24 | 11-10 | 15-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 587, Iannaccone reached the qualifications after defeating Simone Consolo 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Iannaccone had a good straight sets win against Consolo (6-0 6-1). During the match, Iannaccone scored 52 points vs Consolo’s 17. Iannaccone was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Iannaccone scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Federico Iannaccone was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Consolo 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Iannaccone has a unfavourable match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (248-260). 15-12 on clay in 2026. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Iannaccone has an aggregate 158-143 record in the last years on clay.
Iannaccone has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2026, 15-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Gregorio di Catania Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yanaki Milev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 29-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 29-29 | 3-2 | 25-26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-27 | 0-1 | 39-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 0-0 | 35-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 619, Yanaki reached the qualifications after beating Maxime Chazal 6-4 7-6(2).
In the qualifications, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Chazal (6-4 7-62). During the match Milev scored 85 points vs Chazal’s 75. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Milev scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yanaki Milev lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Milev put 57% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Yanaki broke Chazal 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Milev’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Plovdiv 3 Challenger.
Yanaki has a compiled 29-23 win-loss record in 2026, 29-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Iannaccone | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 23 |
| Pts | 52-17 | 85-75 |
| Total Points | 69 | 160 |
| Winners | 18 | 31 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Iannaccone and Milev played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Iannaccone and Milev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Iannaccone played 10 games less than Milev. Iannaccone scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian bagged 31 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Iannaccone | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 21/29 | 38/67 |
| %1st in | 72% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 31/38 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 45% |
Iannaccone made 1 ace . Milev also fired 4 aces . Iannaccone won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Milev won 82% 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 | Iannaccone | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 20% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Federico pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Iannaccone | |||
| Q1 Consolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-17 | 52-17 | |
| Total points | 69 | 69 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Milev | |||
| Q1 Chazal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-75 | 85-75 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 38/67 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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